GCL vs. LIO, CBP, ABD, SCP, SWEF, EGL, AJOT, FA17, FAIR, and IBT
Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Curtis Banks Group (CBP), abrdn New Dawn (ABD), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Fair Oaks Income (FA17), Fair Oaks Income 2021 (FAIR), and International Biotechnology (IBT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Geiger Counter vs. Its Competitors
Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) and Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liontrust Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Geiger Counter. Geiger Counter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liontrust Asset Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Geiger Counter has a net margin of 135.81% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 35.21%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat Geiger Counter's return on equity.
Liontrust Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of GBX 341.67, suggesting a potential downside of 6.39%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Geiger Counter.
Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geiger Counter has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 5 more articles in the media than Geiger Counter. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 2 mentions for Geiger Counter. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Geiger Counter's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liontrust Asset Management beats Geiger Counter on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GCL) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
