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Capital Gearing (CGT) Competitors

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GBX 4,810 0.00 (0.00%)
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CGT vs. PCT, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, RCP, ABDN, JGGI, HGT, EMG, and HICL

Should you be buying Capital Gearing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Gearing include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Man Group (EMG), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Capital Gearing vs.

Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capital Gearing and 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Capital Gearing's score of -0.34 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Capital Gearing
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Polar Capital Technology Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Capital Gearing received 38 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Technology Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Capital GearingOutperform Votes
121
77.56%
Underperform Votes
35
22.44%
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Gearing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capital Gearing£17.92M49.93£45.77M£245.9619.56
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B2.85£1.20B£101.862.95

16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 96.56%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital Gearing255.48% 5.25% -2.63%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 96.56%30.54%20.70%

Summary

Capital Gearing beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CGT vs. The Competition

MetricCapital GearingAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£894.54M£1.15B£3.84B£2.56B
Dividend Yield1.61%4.46%4.21%4.97%
P/E Ratio19.5621.8113.04132.50
Price / Sales49.932,287.401,692.12227,865.53
Price / Cash29.7661.4750.4928.11
Price / Book1.061.143.414.54
Net Income£45.77M£262.88M£1.25B£5.84B
7 Day Performance0.10%1.51%1.37%3.31%
1 Month Performance-0.10%10.16%12.85%9.43%
1 Year Performance1.91%2.80%12.94%114.47%

Capital Gearing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,810
flat
N/A+1.5%£894.54M£17.92M19.56N/AGap Down
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 288.50
-0.5%
N/A-90.1%£3.40B£1.24B2.83120Positive News
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 324.50
-1.2%
N/A-2.6%£2.99B£374M853.95N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 216.18
-1.3%
GBX 240
+11.0%
+3.7%£2.94B£706.00M8.77N/A
BUR
Burford Capital
2.6704 of 5 stars
GBX 1,023.01
+0.7%
GBX 1,600
+56.4%
-17.5%£2.82B£299.55M18.30140Gap Down
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,882
-0.2%
N/A-4.3%£2.71B£103.46M16.2762News Coverage
ABDN
abrdn
1.0111 of 5 stars
GBX 147.60
+1.0%
GBX 163.50
+10.8%
+0.8%£2.64B£1.49B8.394,719News Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 508
+0.4%
N/A-7.0%£2.62B£660.56M4.19N/AGap Up
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 508
+0.6%
N/A+6.3%£2.36B£312.64M8.40N/APositive News
EMG
Man Group
3.0155 of 5 stars
GBX 163
-1.2%
GBX 278
+70.6%
-36.7%£2.35B£1.69B7.691,790
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 116.40
-2.2%
N/A-4.7%£2.32B£105.30M22.83N/A

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