ESO vs. DUKE, MCP, BRSA, AUGM, GABI, IGC, MERC, ASLI, ADIG, and MAJE
Should you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include Duke Capital (DUKE), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), BlackRock Sustainable American Income (BRSA), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI), India Capital Growth (IGC), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), and Majedie Investments (MAJE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EPE Special Opportunities vs. Its Competitors
EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) and Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
9.8% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Duke Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Duke Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Duke Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 43.50, indicating a potential upside of 55.36%. Given Duke Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than EPE Special Opportunities.
Duke Capital has a net margin of 1,408.25% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. Duke Capital's return on equity of 255.49% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.
In the previous week, Duke Capital had 2 more articles in the media than EPE Special Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Duke Capital and 0 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities. Duke Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat EPE Special Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Duke Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPE Special Opportunities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Capital has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Capital has higher revenue and earnings than EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Duke Capital beats EPE Special Opportunities on 16 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
