GCL vs. PEMB, SCP, SMIF, SCF, BMPG, IAT, BVT, AFHP, IFP, and CMHY
Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), BMO Managed PortfolioTrust PLC - Growth Portfolio (BMPG), Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), AFH Financial Group (AFHP), IFG Group (IFP), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (CMHY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) and Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Geiger Counter has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. Pembroke VCT B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Geiger Counter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Geiger Counter has a net margin of 91.92% compared to Pembroke VCT B's net margin of 0.00%. Geiger Counter's return on equity of 30.41% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.
26.1% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pembroke VCT B shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Geiger Counter received 22 more outperform votes than Pembroke VCT B when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Pembroke VCT B an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Geiger Counter an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pembroke VCT B and Pembroke VCT B both had 1 articles in the media. Geiger Counter's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Pembroke VCT B's score of -0.92 indicating that Geiger Counter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geiger Counter has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Geiger Counter beats Pembroke VCT B on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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