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City of London Investment Group (CLIG) Competitors

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GBX 363 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
City of London Investment Group27.80% 12.88% 7.65%
The European Smaller Companies Trust N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
City of London Investment Group£54.04M3.25£15.02M£31.0811.68
The European Smaller Companies Trust£340.08M0.00N/A£82.00N/A

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
City of London Investment Group Positive
The European Smaller Companies Trust Neutral

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CLIG vs. The Competition

MetricCity of London Investment GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£175.46M£1.31B£6.42B£3.02B
Dividend Yield9.32%4.38%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio11.6822.5114.07160.65
Price / Sales3.252,365.201,733.94278,114.28
Price / Cash9.1860.71128.3827.97
Price / Book1.491.231.964.70
Net Income£15.02M£264.35M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.27%0.05%0.46%0.41%
1 Month Performance4.91%1.38%2.74%7.20%
1 Year Performance-4.22%6.40%23.55%70.37%

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 363
flat
N/A-4.2%£175.46M£54.04M11.68120News Coverage
Positive News
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
0.9902 of 5 stars
GBX 298.34
+0.1%
GBX 300
+0.6%
+10.6%£693.70M£119.46M6.53180News Coverage
GCP
GCP Infrastructure Investments
1.7332 of 5 stars
GBX 75.67
+0.4%
GBX 90
+18.9%
-5.1%£679.14M£74.34M43.551,950News Coverage
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 9.76
+0.0%
N/A-11.6%£675.05M£5.19B29.54N/ANews Coverage
HET
Henderson European Trust
N/AGBX 203.15
+0.3%
N/AN/A£673.66M£75.38M597.49N/ADividend Announcement
JEDT
JPMorgan European Discovery
N/AGBX 578.80
+0.1%
N/A+23.9%£671.87M£106.93M6.93N/A
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide
N/AGBX 181.12
+1.6%
N/A+17.5%£671.45M£77.34M9.56N/ANews Coverage
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 212.65
+1.0%
N/A+23.8%£648.37M£125.99M5.66N/A
HSL
Henderson Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 880
+0.9%
N/A-7.4%£646.16M£98.67M7.05N/A
GROW
Molten Ventures
1.6911 of 5 stars
GBX 345.80
+0.4%
GBX 580
+67.7%
-5.8%£643.56M£9.10M-19.3420High Trading Volume

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