CLIG vs. SLS, USA, APAX, TRG, BGFD, JII, CORD, SOI, PEY, and HET
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 Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Princess Private Equity (PEY), and Henderson European Trust (HET). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group vs.
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) and City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled City of London Investment Group'saverage media sentiment score.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group 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.
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City of London Investment Group pays out 106.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
City of London Investment Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust 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.
City of London Investment Group received 186 more outperform votes than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave City of London Investment Group an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.
City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 27.80% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
Summary
City of London Investment Group beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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