EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) and EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MTU or ESO?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, 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
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	£28.80M	6.01	£26.33M	£15.79	6.59
EPE Special Opportunities	£3.75M	11.33	£12.80M	-£0.01	-15,000.00

Which has more volatility and risk, MTU or ESO?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPE Special Opportunities has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTU or ESO more profitable?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	91.45%	13.16%	5.77%
EPE Special Opportunities	-10.57%	-0.41%	0.41%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTU or ESO?

78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MTU or ESO?

In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies both had 1 articles in the media. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of -0.18 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
EPE Special Opportunities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTU or ESO?

EPE Special Opportunities received 35 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave EPE Special Opportunities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 69 68.32%	Underperform Votes 32 31.68%
EPE Special Opportunities	Outperform Votes 104 67.97%	Underperform Votes 49 32.03%

Summary

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats EPE Special Opportunities on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.