CLIG vs. TRG, SOI, GCP, PEY, HET, JEDT, EWI, PCFT, HSL, and GROW
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 The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Henderson European Trust (HET), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), and Molten Ventures (GROW). 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 The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:TRG) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 27.80% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
City of London Investment Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The European Smaller Companies Trust. The European 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. 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. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, City of London Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for City of London Investment Group and 0 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
City of London Investment Group beats The European Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
