CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) 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 earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CTPE or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Finsbury Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity Trust, 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
CT Private Equity Trust	£9.01M	38.68	£5.40M	£7.51	64.68
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.62	£90.54M	£60.89	15.24

Is CTPE or FGT a better dividend stock?

CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 372.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is CTPE or FGT more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to CT Private Equity Trust's net margin of 59.97%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTPE or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income received 78 more outperform votes than CT Private Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Which has more volatility & risk, CTPE or FGT?

CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CTPE or FGT?

47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CTPE or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 5 more articles in the media than CT Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat CT Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats CT Private Equity Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.