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City of London Investment Group (CLIG) Competitors

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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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
City of London Investment GroupOutperform Votes
266
71.70%
Underperform Votes
105
28.30%
Baillie Gifford US GrowthOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
City of London Investment Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Baillie Gifford US Growth
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
City of London Investment Group£54.04M3.07£15.02M£31.0811.04
Baillie Gifford US Growth£89.99M7.56£84.35M£29.478.09

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
City of London Investment Group27.80% 12.88% 7.65%
Baillie Gifford US Growth 93.74%14.55%N/A

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CLIG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLIG vs. The Competition

MetricCity of London Investment GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£165.80M£1.20B£5.66B£2.91B
Dividend Yield9.32%4.34%4.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio11.0421.5012.67121.96
Price / Sales3.072,346.771,677.44250,395.03
Price / Cash9.1860.8149.9228.07
Price / Book1.411.163.154.65
Net Income£15.02M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B
7 Day Performance-7.05%12.06%6.07%12.00%
1 Month Performance-7.30%29.74%15.60%22.29%
1 Year Performance-4.19%5.10%14.60%77.20%

City of London Investment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLIG
City of London Investment Group
N/AGBX 343
-0.3%
N/A-4.7%£165.80M£54.04M11.04120News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 246.50
+0.6%
N/A+20.8%£703.48M£89.99M8.37N/A
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A
CORD
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
N/AGBX 90.80
flat
N/A+22.2%£699.84M£103.12M0.83N/A
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 113.40
-0.2%
N/A-23.3%£662.10M£9.05M192.39N/APositive News
GCP
GCP Infrastructure Investments
N/AGBX 73.60
+1.9%
N/A-6.7%£660.58M£74.34M42.361,950News Coverage
Earnings Report
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 9.48
flat
N/A-12.9%£655.55M£5.19B28.68N/A
JEDT
JPMorgan European Discovery
N/AGBX 559
+0.7%
N/A+18.9%£648.89M£106.93M6.69N/A
FEML
Fidelity Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 757
+1.6%
N/A+15.3%£647.25M£41.50M6.21N/A
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
1.3845 of 5 stars
GBX 277.50
+1.5%
GBX 300
+8.1%
+5.8%£645.25M£119.46M6.08180
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 209
+1.0%
N/A+24.5%£637.25M£125.99M5.56N/A

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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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