CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is SST or CTPE a better dividend stock?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 778.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 14,736.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SST or CTPE?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos received 101 more outperform votes than CT Private Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%
CT Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SST or CTPE?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£53.86M	6.03	£40.62M	£1.67	817.37
CT Private Equity Trust	£28.62M	11.74	£13.78M	£0.19	2,473.68

Is SST or CTPE more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 75.42% compared to Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' net margin of 48.16%. CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity of 11.37% beat Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	75.42%	11.37%	8.03%
CT Private Equity Trust	48.16%	2.68%	1.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, SST or CTPE?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SST or CTPE?

In the previous week, CT Private Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SST or CTPE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CT Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SST or CTPE?

75.9% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats CT Private Equity Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.