ESCT vs. PHLL, RCP, JGGI, BUR, EMG, BPT, HICL, CTY, 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 Petershill Partners (PHLL), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London (CTY), Monks (MNKS), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The European Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors
Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than The European Smaller Companies Trust. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The European Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The European Smaller Companies Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust and 0 mentions for Petershill Partners. The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Petershill Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that The European Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Petershill Partners currently has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 12.94%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than The European Smaller Companies Trust.
Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Petershill Partners received 15 more outperform votes than The European Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 87.06% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 10.91% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.
Summary
The European Smaller Companies Trust beats Petershill Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ESCT) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
