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The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) Competitors

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GBX 197.18 +0.58 (+0.29%)
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ESCT vs. 3IN, ABDN, PHLL, JGGI, BUR, RCP, EMG, BPT, MNKS, and HGT

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), abrdn (ABDN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The European Smaller Companies Trust vs.

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

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
The European Smaller Companies Trust£96.24M8.08£83.79M£21.219.30
3i Infrastructure£374M7.90£347M£0.38843.42

In the previous week, The European Smaller Companies Trust and The European Smaller Companies Trust both had 1 articles in the media. The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat 3i Infrastructure's score of -0.09 indicating that The European Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The European Smaller Companies Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
3i Infrastructure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
The European Smaller Companies Trust87.06% 10.91% 6.62%
3i Infrastructure 92.78%10.77%4.83%

3i Infrastructure received 184 more outperform votes than The European Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/A
3i InfrastructureOutperform Votes
184
65.95%
Underperform Votes
95
34.05%

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

The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The European Smaller Companies Trust beats 3i Infrastructure on 8 of the 15 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£777.74M£1.20B£5.31B£2.64B
Dividend Yield2.63%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio9.3021.9512.86134.69
Price / Sales8.082,370.161,731.30224,245.30
Price / CashN/A60.4649.6228.03
Price / Book0.991.151.353.80
Net Income£83.79M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.91%-0.10%0.05%0.43%
1 Month Performance8.94%17.11%10.45%21.47%
1 Year Performance5.78%2.57%13.64%129.56%

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 197.18
+0.3%
N/A+4.9%£777.74M£96.24M9.30305News Coverage
Positive News
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 330.50
flat
N/A-5.0%£3.05B£374M869.74N/A
ABDN
abrdn
0.7001 of 5 stars
GBX 167.40
+0.6%
GBX 163.50
-2.3%
+10.7%£3.00B£1.49B9.524,719News Coverage
PHLL
Petershill Partners
2.3832 of 5 stars
GBX 220.15
-0.8%
GBX 240
+9.0%
+1.0%£2.99B£706.00M8.93N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 552
flat
N/A-1.2%£2.85B£660.56M4.55N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3228 of 5 stars
GBX 1,023
-1.4%
GBX 1,600
+56.4%
-11.2%£2.82B£299.55M18.30140Gap Down
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,904
flat
N/A-1.0%£2.74B£103.46M16.4662Positive News
EMG
Man Group
2.5209 of 5 stars
GBX 173
+0.1%
GBX 278
+60.7%
-32.0%£2.50B£1.69B8.161,790
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.6333 of 5 stars
GBX 293.20
+0.3%
GBX 359.33
+22.6%
+16.7%£2.42B£272.35M53.26391Gap Up
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,254
+1.0%
N/A+5.1%£2.42B£610.03M4.07N/ATrending News
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 513
+2.8%
N/A+1.4%£2.38B£312.64M8.48N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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