City of London Investment Group (CLIG) Competitors

City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLIG or SLS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City of London Investment Group	Outperform Votes 266 71.70%	Underperform Votes 105 28.30%
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 80 66.12%	Underperform Votes 41 33.88%

Is CLIG or SLS a better dividend stock?

City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. City of London Investment Group pays out 11,785.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is CLIG or SLS more profitable?

City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 25.18% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.25% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London Investment Group	25.18%	12.25%	8.35%
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, CLIG or SLS?

City of London Investment Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
City of London Investment Group	£73.72M	2.42	£18.56M	£0.28	1,310.71
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	£222.48M	3.22	N/A	£217.40	3.37

Do analysts prefer CLIG or SLS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City of London Investment Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor CLIG or SLS?

In the previous week, City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City of London Investment Group	Neutral
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLIG or SLS?

18.4% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.9% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

City of London Investment Group beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.