GCL vs. FEN, AEET, SBSI, IVPG, BEMO, MIG5, TENT, CRS, MIG1, and EJFI
Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include Frenkel Topping Group (FEN), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Invesco Select Glo Eq (IVPG), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 (MIG5), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), Crystal Amber (CRS), Maven Income & Growth VCT (MIG1), and EJF Investments (EJFI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) and Frenkel Topping Group (LON:FEN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Frenkel Topping Group had 1 more articles in the media than Geiger Counter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Frenkel Topping Group and 0 mentions for Geiger Counter. Frenkel Topping Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Geiger Counter's score of 0.00 indicating that Frenkel Topping Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Geiger Counter has a net margin of 91.92% compared to Frenkel Topping Group's net margin of 5.06%. Geiger Counter's return on equity of 30.41% beat Frenkel Topping Group's return on equity.
Frenkel Topping Group received 89 more outperform votes than Geiger Counter when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.82% of users gave Geiger Counter an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Frenkel Topping Group an outperform vote.
Geiger Counter has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frenkel Topping Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.1% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Geiger Counter has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frenkel Topping Group. Geiger Counter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frenkel Topping Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Geiger Counter beats Frenkel Topping Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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