EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors

GBX 163
-0.50 (-0.31%)
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ESO vs. MINI, ASTO, BSRT, RMMC, LIV, JEMA, CBA, CLC, BRIG, and MIG3

Should you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include Miton UK Microcap (MINI), AssetCo (ASTO), Baker Steel Resources (BSRT), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), Livermore Investments (LIV), JPMorgan Emerging Europe Middle East & Africa Securities (JEMA), Ceiba Investments (CBA), Calculus VCT (CLC), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), and Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

EPE Special Opportunities vs.

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

In the previous week, Miton UK Microcap had 3 more articles in the media than EPE Special Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Miton UK Microcap and 0 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Miton UK Microcap's score of 0.00 indicating that Miton UK Microcap is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Miton UK Microcap Positive
EPE Special Opportunities Neutral

EPE Special Opportunities received 32 more outperform votes than Miton UK Microcap when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave Miton UK Microcap an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave EPE Special Opportunities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Miton UK MicrocapOutperform Votes
72
68.57%
Underperform Votes
33
31.43%
EPE Special OpportunitiesOutperform Votes
104
67.97%
Underperform Votes
49
32.03%

46.1% of Miton UK Microcap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Miton UK Microcap shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

EPE Special Opportunities has a net margin of 75.25% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of 0.00%. Miton UK Microcap's return on equity of 14.71% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Miton UK MicrocapN/A N/A N/A
EPE Special Opportunities 75.25%14.71%8.17%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Miton UK Microcap
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
EPE Special Opportunities
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

EPE Special Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Miton UK Microcap. Miton UK Microcap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPE Special Opportunities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Miton UK MicrocapN/AN/AN/A-£0.58-86.21
EPE Special Opportunities£17.01M2.87£12.80M£0.37441.89

Summary

EPE Special Opportunities beats Miton UK Microcap on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESO vs. The Competition

MetricEPE Special OpportunitiesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£48.85M£715.47M£2.83B£1.39B
Dividend YieldN/A13.34%4.67%11.99%
P/E Ratio441.89929.08460.451,722.72
Price / Sales2.8713,676.702,724.04328,056.12
Price / Cash1.7978.9447.6632.83
Price / Book0.531.751.562.53
Net Income£12.80M£50.91M£371.95M£179.61M
7 Day Performance4.47%0.69%0.70%1.07%
1 Month Performance7.21%11.29%6.16%8.93%
1 Year Performance-0.91%2.45%7.08%19.39%

EPE Special Opportunities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MINI
Miton UK Microcap
0 of 5 stars
GBX 47.60
-1.4%
N/A-18.2%£45.05MN/A-82.072,042Gap Up
ASTO
AssetCo
0 of 5 stars
GBX 33.34
+1.0%
N/A-42.6%£47.99M£14.98M-370.44125
BSRT
Baker Steel Resources
0 of 5 stars
GBX 46.69
+2.8%
N/A+4.7%£49.70MN/A-359.15N/AGap Up
RMMC
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap
0 of 5 stars
GBX 149.20
-0.5%
N/A+0.7%£50.58MN/A-204.38N/A
LIV
Livermore Investments
0 of 5 stars
GBX 25.40
-8.6%
N/A-42.3%£42.00M£4.99M-293.084Gap Down
JEMA
JPMorgan Emerging Europe Middle East & Africa Securities
0 of 5 stars
GBX 128.14
+2.3%
N/AN/A£51.82MN/A-12,814.00N/AGap Up
CBA
Ceiba Investments
0 of 5 stars
GBX 29
flat
N/AN/A£39.92M£19.30M-725.00N/A
CLC
Calculus VCT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 60
flat
N/AN/A£38.06M£1.53M6,000.00N/A
BRIG
BlackRock Income and Growth
0 of 5 stars
GBX 185
+1.1%
N/A-6.2%£37.52M£2.93M1,849.97N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
Gap Down
MIG3
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3
0 of 5 stars
GBX 48
flat
N/A-10.5%£55.12M£1.26M5,250.00N/A

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This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 4/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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