City of London (CTY) Competitors

City of London (LON:CTY) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CTY or HGT?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than City of London. HgCapital Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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	£140.56M	14.55	£127.17M	£0.25	1,628.00
HgCapital Trust	£203.70M	10.56	£168.56M	£0.37	1,270.27

Which has more volatility and risk, CTY or HGT?

City of London has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CTY or HGT?

8.0% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CTY or HGT?

In the previous week, City of London had 46 more articles in the media than HgCapital Trust. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for HgCapital Trust. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat HgCapital Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City of London	Neutral
HgCapital Trust	Neutral

Is CTY or HGT a better dividend stock?

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. City of London pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HgCapital Trust pays out 1,891.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is CTY or HGT more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to HgCapital Trust's net margin of 82.75%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 8.03% beat City of London's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%
HgCapital Trust	82.75%	8.03%	5.71%

Do analysts recommend CTY or HGT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HgCapital Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTY or HGT?

HgCapital Trust received 42 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats City of London on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.