City of London Investment Group (CLIG) Competitors

City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (LON:CORD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CLIG or CORD?

15.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CLIG or CORD a better dividend stock?

City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. City of London Investment Group pays out 118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to CLIG or CORD?

In the previous week, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than City of London Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cordiant Digital Infrastructure and 0 mentions for City of London Investment Group. City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's score of -0.18 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
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, CLIG or CORD?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than City of London Investment Group. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
City of London Investment Group	£72.64M	2.58	£15.02M	£0.37	1,049.18
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	£109.05M	6.71	£846.28M	£0.14	695.78

Which has more risk & volatility, CLIG or CORD?

City of London Investment Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLIG or CORD more profitable?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a net margin of 820.71% compared to City of London Investment Group's net margin of 27.80%. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's return on equity of 94.37% beat City of London Investment Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London Investment Group	27.80%	12.88%	7.65%
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	820.71%	94.37%	5.89%

Summary

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure beats City of London Investment Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.