ESO vs. CLIG, SEC, AUGM, LTI, IVI, TIGT, PVN, JUS, ASIT, and TV1
Should you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), ProVen VCT (PVN), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), and Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EPE Special Opportunities vs. Its Competitors
City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
City of London Investment Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPE Special Opportunities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
City of London Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, City of London Investment Group had 3 more articles in the media than EPE Special Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for City of London Investment Group and 1 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities. City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat EPE Special Opportunities' score of 0.92 indicating that City of London Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 27.80% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
City of London Investment Group beats EPE Special Opportunities on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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