CLIG vs. MTU, AUGM, OIG, AJOT, BPM, JZCP, JSGI, HANA, PEMB, and ARR
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 Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI), Hansa Investment (HANA), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), and Aurora (ARR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
City of London Investment Group received 197 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave City of London Investment Group an outperform vote while only 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had 3 more articles in the media than City of London Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for City of London Investment Group. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat City of London Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. City of London Investment Group pays out 11,379.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
City of London Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies 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 has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 88.19% compared to City of London Investment Group's net margin of 25.18%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.25% beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity.
18.8% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies 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 Montanaro UK Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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