GOT vs. BIPS, AUSC, HINT, BGEU, NBLS, BGS, CTUK, HNE, CTPE, and MWY
Should you be buying Global Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Opportunities Trust include Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Henderson International Income (HINT), Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), and Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Global Opportunities Trust vs. Its Competitors
Global Opportunities Trust (LON:GOT) and Invesco Bond Income Plus (LON:BIPS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Global Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Invesco Bond Income Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Global Opportunities Trust pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Bond Income Plus pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Bond Income Plus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Invesco Bond Income Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Global Opportunities Trust. Invesco Bond Income Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Opportunities Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.6% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Invesco Bond Income Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Global Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Invesco Bond Income Plus and 1 mentions for Global Opportunities Trust. Global Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Invesco Bond Income Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Global Opportunities Trust received 76 more outperform votes than Invesco Bond Income Plus when rated by MarketBeat users.
Invesco Bond Income Plus has a net margin of 157.83% compared to Global Opportunities Trust's net margin of 83.86%. Invesco Bond Income Plus' return on equity of 11.70% beat Global Opportunities Trust's return on equity.
Global Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Bond Income Plus has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Invesco Bond Income Plus beats Global Opportunities Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GOT) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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