BGHS vs. MNP, RECI, HHI, MTE, CCJI, CGL, DIVI, BRFI, NCYF, and JUSC
Should you be buying Boussard & Gavaudan GBP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boussard & Gavaudan GBP include Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), Castelnau Group (CGL), The Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), CQS New City High Yield Fund (NCYF), and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (LON:BGHS) and Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Boussard & Gavaudan GBP has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a net margin of 90.21% compared to Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's net margin of 0.00%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity of 7.63% beat Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's return on equity.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio received 79 more outperform votes than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Martin Currie Global Portfolio an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Boussard & Gavaudan GBP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Boussard & Gavaudan GBP's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Martin Currie Global Portfolio'saverage media sentiment score.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has higher revenue and earnings than Boussard & Gavaudan GBP. Boussard & Gavaudan GBP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Currie Global Portfolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Boussard & Gavaudan GBP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Martin Currie Global Portfolio beats Boussard & Gavaudan GBP on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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