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Geiger Counter (GCL) Competitors

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GBX 42.89 -1.61 (-3.62%)
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GCL vs. VTA, BOOK, AAEV, DIVI, IPX, FA17, WPC, JETI, SMIF, and SCP

Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include Volta Finance (VTA), Literacy Capital (BOOK), Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV), Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Fair Oaks Income (FA17), Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L) (WPC), JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool (JETI), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), and Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Geiger Counter vs. Its Competitors

Volta Finance (LON:VTA) and Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Geiger Counter has a net margin of 135.81% compared to Volta Finance's net margin of 71.86%. Volta Finance's return on equity of 17.54% beat Geiger Counter's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Volta Finance71.86% 17.54% 10.35%
Geiger Counter 135.81%-13.97%28.68%

41.8% of Volta Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Volta Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volta Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Geiger Counter. Geiger Counter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volta Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Volta Finance£6.26B0.04£4.50B£1.235.60
Geiger Counter-£8.61M-6.96-£11.70M-£8.35-5.13

In the previous week, Volta Finance and Volta Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Geiger Counter's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Volta Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Geiger Counter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Volta Finance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Geiger Counter
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Volta Finance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geiger Counter has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Volta Finance beats Geiger Counter on 8 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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GCL vs. The Competition

MetricGeiger CounterAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£59.93M£1.25B£6.14B£2.97B
Dividend YieldN/A4.37%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio-5.1321.9612.95151.20
Price / Sales-6.962,370.641,747.79252,273.63
Price / Cash390.0060.81128.3627.97
Price / Book0.781.221.914.55
Net Income-£11.70M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.52%0.63%0.97%1.80%
1 Month Performance9.97%2.85%3.26%4.52%
1 Year Performance-15.74%6.82%16.51%79.93%

Geiger Counter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCL
Geiger Counter
N/AGBX 42.89
-3.6%
N/A-11.9%£59.93M-£8.61M-5.13N/AGap Down
VTA
Volta Finance
N/AGBX 6.80
+3.8%
N/A+30.3%£248.75M£6.26B5.53N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 426
-2.3%
N/A-16.9%£247.99M£10.97M34.336Gap Up
AAEV
Albion Enterprise VCT
N/AGBX 109.50
flat
N/A-10.2%£245.77M£14.60M0.97N/APositive News
Dividend Cut
DIVI
Diverse Income Trust
N/AGBX 104
-0.5%
N/A+19.8%£245.35MN/A-577.78N/A
IPX
Impax Asset Management Group
2.6014 of 5 stars
GBX 192.40
+2.9%
GBX 330
+71.5%
-53.2%£243.75M£175.00M6.13300News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
FA17
Fair Oaks Income
N/AGBX 0.57
flat
N/AN/A£242.80M£3.05B8.38N/A
WPC
Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£242.69M£6.74M69.65190
JETI
JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool
N/AN/AN/AN/A£242.54MN/A2.28N/A
SMIF
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund
N/AGBX 87.20
-0.2%
N/A+4.0%£239.15MN/A-1,090.00N/ANews Coverage
SCP
Schroder UK Mid Cap
N/AGBX 690
+1.5%
N/A+9.6%£238.69M£40.15M6.56N/ADividend Increase

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This page (LON:GCL) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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