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The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) Competitors

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GBX 209 -0.50 (-0.24%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:23 PM Eastern

ESCT vs. JAM, BUR, ATT, BHMU, TRIG, N91, MYI, MRC, SSON, and PNL

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 JPMorgan American (JAM), Burford Capital (BUR), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), BH Macro USD (BHMU), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Ninety One Group (N91), Murray International (MYI), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), and Personal Assets (PNL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The European Smaller Companies Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

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. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

1.3% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

JPMorgan American 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 JPMorgan American, 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-£5.61M-84.74£83.79M-£0.02-9,720.93
JPMorgan American£84.18M22.48£420.73M£0.442,462.10

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 2 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan American and 1 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat JPMorgan American's score of -0.21 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
JPMorgan American
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 87.06%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The European Smaller Companies Trust87.06% 10.91% 6.62%
JPMorgan American 97.58%24.87%15.33%

The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out -223.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan American pays out 24.9% 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. The European Smaller Companies Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

JPMorgan American beats The European Smaller Companies Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£475.50M£1.46B£4.85B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.35%4.71%4.39%5.37%
P/E Ratio-9,720.932,812.121,223.084,124.05
Price / Sales-84.741,966.321,350.1099,406.89
Price / CashN/A60.46127.7827.90
Price / Book1.051.363.538.11
Net Income£83.79M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.71%-0.27%-0.31%-0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.56%-0.42%0.35%0.73%
1 Year Performance17.95%7.04%41.85%128.71%

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 209
-0.2%
N/A+17.9%£475.50M-£5.61M-9,720.93305Positive News
High Trading Volume
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,084
-2.0%
N/A+5.8%£1.92B£84.18M2,453.04N/A
BUR
Burford Capital
2.9688 of 5 stars
GBX 839
-1.6%
GBX 1,600
+90.7%
-24.8%£1.89B£410.92M15.01140News Coverage
ATT
Allianz Technology Trust
N/AGBX 490.53
-2.1%
N/AN/A£1.85B£143.63M1,310.16N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
BHMU
BH Macro USD
N/AGBX 4.04
+0.2%
N/A+5.2%£1.83B£385.93M5.51N/A
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
2.0027 of 5 stars
GBX 75.90
-0.1%
GBX 100
+31.8%
N/A£1.82B-£210.60M-862.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
N91
Ninety One Group
0.4603 of 5 stars
GBX 207.80
-1.9%
GBX 190
-8.6%
+18.9%£1.82B£700M1,208.141,180News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MYI
Murray International
N/AGBX 300.50
-1.2%
N/A+17.1%£1.80B£144.64M1,334.96N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 249.50
-0.6%
N/A+1.4%£1.78B£244.11M797.122,800News Coverage
Positive News
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,512
-1.9%
N/A+5.0%£1.69B£89.31M2,643.82N/APositive News
PNL
Personal Assets
N/AGBX 526
-0.4%
N/A+7.3%£1.64B£123.08M1,522.11N/A

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This page (LON:ESCT) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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