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The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) Competitors

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GBX 216 +1.50 (+0.70%)
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ESCT vs. 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, HVPE, CTY, and HICL

Should you be buying The European Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Smaller Companies Trust include 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), City of London (CTY), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The European Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors

3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 87.06%. The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 10.91% beat 3i Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
3i Infrastructure92.78% 10.77% 4.83%
The European Smaller Companies Trust 87.06%10.91%6.62%

3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The European Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
3i Infrastructure Neutral
The European Smaller Companies Trust Neutral

55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than The European Smaller Companies Trust. The European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
3i Infrastructure£374M8.54£347M£0.38910.95
The European Smaller Companies Trust£96.24M8.85£83.79M£21.2110.18

3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

3i Infrastructure and The European Smaller Companies Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESCT vs. The Competition

MetricThe European Smaller Companies TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£851.99M£1.30B£6.47B£3.19B
Dividend Yield2.63%4.41%4.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio10.1822.5614.33164.29
Price / Sales8.852,469.681,788.93477,628.63
Price / CashN/A60.62127.5027.93
Price / Book1.081.403.745.53
Net Income£83.79M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.46%0.42%0.83%1.17%
1 Month Performance-2.07%0.89%2.12%49.93%
1 Year Performance21.62%6.53%24.82%130.39%

The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 216
+0.7%
N/A+21.0%£851.99M£96.24M10.18305
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 351.50
+1.6%
N/A+0.6%£3.24B£374M925.00N/ANews Coverage
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 238
+1.1%
GBX 296.67
+24.6%
+6.5%£3.23B£706.00M9.66N/A
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 579
-0.2%
N/A+1.1%£2.99B£660.56M4.77N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,998
+0.6%
N/A+7.2%£2.88B£103.46M17.2762
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7122 of 5 stars
GBX 1,037
+2.1%
GBX 1,600
+54.3%
+1.8%£2.85B£299.55M18.55140
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
N/AGBX 340.40
+1.0%
GBX 388
+14.0%
+14.0%£2.81B£272.35M61.84391
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,406
+1.3%
N/A+20.7%£2.71B£610.03M4.56N/A
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,850
+2.3%
N/A+7.9%£2.63B£32.28M268.00N/ANews Coverage
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 510
+0.4%
N/A+14.9%£2.52B£307.08M8.59N/ADividend Announcement
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 124.40
+1.6%
N/A-4.6%£2.48B£105.30M24.40N/A

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