EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors GBX 146.80 -3.20 (-2.13%) As of 11:06 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock ESO vs. PU13, IVI, TIGT, PVN, AUGM, MMIT, JUS, ASIT, TV1, and PGOOShould 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 Puma VCT 13 Invesco Income Growth Trust Troy Income & Growth ProVen VCT Augmentum Fintech Mobius Investment Trust Jupiter US Smaller Companies Aberforth Split Level Income Trust Thames Ventures VCT 1 ProVen Growth & Income VCT EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) and Puma VCT 13 (LON:PU13) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability. Is ESO or PU13 more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets EPE Special Opportunities-10.57% -0.41% 0.41% Puma VCT 13 110.06%-7.70%N/A Does the media refer more to ESO or PU13? In the previous week, EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Puma VCT 13's score of -0.52 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment EPE Special Opportunities Neutral Puma VCT 13 Negative Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ESO or PU13? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEPE Special Opportunities£3.75M11.09£12.80M-£0.01-14,680.00Puma VCT 13-£12.12M-13.97-£13.34M-£9.42-12.69 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ESO or PU13? 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Puma VCT 13 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryEPE Special Opportunities beats Puma VCT 13 on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks. Get EPE Special Opportunities News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart ESO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEPE Special OpportunitiesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£41.59M£1.30B£6.38B£3.02BDividend YieldN/A4.40%4.20%5.02%P/E Ratio-14,680.0022.2914.01165.88Price / Sales11.092,351.921,728.50285,131.44Price / Cash1.7960.71128.4827.97Price / Book0.451.231.964.46Net Income£12.80M£263.65M£1.24B£5.90B7 Day Performance-0.98%0.22%0.80%3.82%1 Month Performance-2.78%2.81%4.08%9.81%1 Year Performance-13.14%5.94%19.68%74.29% EPE Special Opportunities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ESOEPE Special OpportunitiesN/AGBX 146.80-2.1%N/A-13.0%£41.59M£3.75M-14,680.00N/APU13Puma VCT 13N/AGBX 116.12-2.8%N/AN/A£164.53M-£12.12M-12.33N/ANegative NewsGap DownIVIInvesco Income Growth TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.22M-£28.62M-5.42N/ATIGTTroy Income & GrowthN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.08M-£7.86M-2,320.00N/AGap DownPVNProVen VCTN/AGBX 59.50flatN/AN/A£161.87M£14.11M17.11N/ANews CoverageAUGMAugmentum FintechN/AGBX 96-0.2%N/A-20.5%£161.79M£18.62M0.91N/AMMITMobius Investment TrustN/AGBX 138.76+0.4%N/A-0.4%£160.73M£21.43M9.29N/APositive NewsJUSJupiter US Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£159.73M-£3.32M-31.64N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeASITAberforth Split Level Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£158.86M£821K927.78N/AGap UpTV1Thames Ventures VCT 1N/AGBX 91.50flatN/A+112.8%£158.04M-£3.64M-2,287.50N/APGOOProVen Growth & Income VCTN/AGBX 49.40+2.7%N/A-5.8%£156.95M£12.93M18.06N/AGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PU13 Competitors IVI Competitors TIGT Competitors PVN Competitors AUGM Competitors MMIT Competitors JUS Competitors ASIT Competitors TV1 Competitors PGOO Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUtah’s New Oil FindThe Real Reason 218,000 Acres Just Vanished The government just quietly leased 218,000 acres in the middle ...Stansberry Research | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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