CLIG vs. USA, TRG, CORD, APAX, GCP, PEY, JEDT, FEML, SOI, and PCFT
Should you be buying City of London Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City of London Investment Group include Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Princess Private Equity (PEY), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), and Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group vs. Its Competitors
City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and Baillie Gifford US Growth (LON:USA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
City of London Investment Group received 265 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford US Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Baillie Gifford US Growth an outperform vote while only 71.70% of users gave City of London Investment Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, City of London Investment Group had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford US Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for City of London Investment Group and 1 mentions for Baillie Gifford US Growth. Baillie Gifford US Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat City of London Investment Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Baillie Gifford US Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baillie Gifford US Growth has higher revenue and earnings than City of London Investment Group. Baillie Gifford US Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Baillie Gifford US Growth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baillie Gifford US Growth has a net margin of 93.74% compared to City of London Investment Group's net margin of 27.80%. Baillie Gifford US Growth's return on equity of 14.55% beat City of London Investment Group's return on equity.
Summary
Baillie Gifford US Growth beats City of London Investment Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff