EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors GBX 151 +1.50 (+1.00%) (As of 12/6/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesInsider Trades ESO vs. AUGM, MTU, OIG, TV1, IGC, IVI, TIGT, MMIT, PVN, and JUSShould you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1), India Capital Growth (IGC), Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), ProVen VCT (PVN), and Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. EPE Special Opportunities vs. Augmentum Fintech Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Oryx International Growth Fund Thames Ventures VCT 1 India Capital Growth Invesco Income Growth Trust Troy Income & Growth Mobius Investment Trust ProVen VCT Jupiter US Smaller Companies Augmentum Fintech (LON:AUGM) and EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment. Does the MarketBeat Community favor AUGM or ESO? EPE Special Opportunities received 61 more outperform votes than Augmentum Fintech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.67% of users gave Augmentum Fintech an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave EPE Special Opportunities an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAugmentum FintechOutperform Votes4371.67% Underperform Votes1728.33% EPE Special OpportunitiesOutperform Votes10467.97% Underperform Votes4932.03% Which has better earnings and valuation, AUGM or ESO? EPE Special Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Augmentum Fintech. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Augmentum Fintech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAugmentum FintechN/AN/AN/A£0.033,350.00EPE Special Opportunities£3.75M11.41£12.80M-£0.01-15,100.00 Do institutionals and insiders believe in AUGM or ESO? 50.5% of Augmentum Fintech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Augmentum Fintech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media refer more to AUGM or ESO? In the previous week, Augmentum Fintech had 4 more articles in the media than EPE Special Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Augmentum Fintech and 1 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Augmentum Fintech's score of 0.73 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Augmentum Fintech 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive EPE Special Opportunities 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is AUGM or ESO more profitable? Augmentum Fintech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. Augmentum Fintech's return on equity of 0.00% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Augmentum FintechN/A N/A N/A EPE Special Opportunities -10.57%-0.41%0.41% SummaryAugmentum Fintech beats EPE Special Opportunities on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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£42.78M£886.38M£3.47B£1.51BDividend YieldN/A13.50%4.52%11.89%P/E Ratio-15,100.00792.38431.331,624.46Price / Sales11.4113,564.242,261.54275,749.15Price / Cash1.7956.7746.2627.04Price / Book0.471.631.432.82Net Income£12.80M£58.73M£408.52M£159.46M7 Day Performance-2.58%12.66%8.01%9.48%1 Month Performance-4.43%13.84%10.90%10.42%1 Year Performance-7.08%11.43%17.37%21.62% EPE Special Opportunities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ESOEPE Special OpportunitiesN/AGBX 151+1.0%N/A-7.7%£42.78M£3.75M-15,100.00N/APositive NewsAUGMAugmentum FintechN/AGBX 99+1.4%N/A-1.3%£168.89MN/A3,300.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeMTUMontanaro UK Smaller CompaniesN/AGBX 100.50flatN/A+7.9%£168.22M£20.32M909.42N/ANews CoverageOIGOryx International Growth FundN/AGBX 1,190flatN/A+1.0%£166.60M£29M661.11N/APositive NewsTV1Thames Ventures VCT 1N/AGBX 95.50flatN/AN/A£164.95M£-3,640,000.00-1,015.00N/AIGCIndia Capital GrowthN/AN/AN/A+13.9%£163.66M£40.31M471.6461IVIInvesco Income Growth TrustN/AGBX 278+1.5%N/A+0.0%£162.22M£-28,622,000.00-5.42N/ATIGTTroy Income & GrowthN/AGBX 69.60-5.4%N/AN/A£162.08M£-7,860,000.00-2,320.00N/AGap DownMMITMobius Investment TrustN/AGBX 139.50+1.1%N/A+6.8%£161.01M£17.24M1,125.00N/ANews CoverageGap DownPVNProVen VCTN/AGBX 60flatN/A+2.6%£160.48M£12.40M2,000.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsJUSJupiter US Smaller CompaniesN/AGBX 1,335-1.7%N/AN/A£159.73M£-3,316,000.00-31.64N/AGap DownHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AUGM Competitors MTU Competitors OIG Competitors TV1 Competitors IGC Competitors IVI Competitors TIGT Competitors MMIT Competitors PVN Competitors JUS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 12/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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