ESO vs. PU13, IVI, TIGT, PVN, AUGM, MMIT, JUS, ASIT, TV1, and PGOO
Should you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include Puma VCT 13 (PU13), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), ProVen VCT (PVN), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1), and ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EPE Special Opportunities vs. Its Competitors
EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) and Puma VCT 13 (LON:PU13) 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 valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
EPE Special Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Puma VCT 13. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Puma VCT 13, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Puma VCT 13 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Puma VCT 13 had 2 more articles in the media than EPE Special Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Puma VCT 13 and 0 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Puma VCT 13's score of -0.52 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Puma VCT 13 has a net margin of 110.06% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity of -0.41% beat Puma VCT 13's return on equity.
Summary
EPE Special Opportunities beats Puma VCT 13 on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff