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Global Opportunities Trust (GOT) Competitors

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GOT vs. OTV2, JAI, DIG, AAIF, ANII, PCFT, ORIT, HINT, BGS, and EAT

Should you be buying Global Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Opportunities Trust include Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust (JAI), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), Henderson International Income (HINT), Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), and European Assets Trust (EAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Global Opportunities Trust vs. Its Competitors

Octopus Titan VCT (LON:OTV2) and Global Opportunities Trust (LON:GOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Octopus Titan VCT has a net margin of 117.66% compared to Global Opportunities Trust's net margin of 83.86%. Global Opportunities Trust's return on equity of 5.17% beat Octopus Titan VCT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Octopus Titan VCT117.66% -18.89% -14.38%
Global Opportunities Trust 83.86%5.17%3.41%

In the previous week, Octopus Titan VCT had 3 more articles in the media than Global Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Octopus Titan VCT and 0 mentions for Global Opportunities Trust. Octopus Titan VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Global Opportunities Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Octopus Titan VCT Neutral
Global Opportunities Trust Neutral

Octopus Titan VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Global Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Octopus Titan VCT pays out -34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Opportunities Trust pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Octopus Titan VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Global Opportunities Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Titan VCT. Octopus Titan VCT 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Octopus Titan VCT-£143.69M-3.15-£173.99M-£0.09-305.56
Global Opportunities Trust£6.81M13.96£5.48M£0.201,651.27

0.1% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Octopus Titan VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Octopus Titan VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Opportunities Trust beats Octopus Titan VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GOT vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Opportunities TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£95.06M£1.45B£6.40B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.10%4.59%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,651.274,770.271,784.665,423.37
Price / Sales13.961,965.181,353.6696,681.36
Price / Cash2.8360.6248.9927.93
Price / Book0.881.382.088.98
Net Income£5.48M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.66%0.56%0.83%0.69%
1 Month Performance0.40%1.47%1.88%44.83%
1 Year Performance9.16%8.22%31.94%174.12%

Global Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOT
Global Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 325.30
-0.8%
N/A+11.6%£95.06M£6.81M1,651.271
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 23
-19.3%
N/AN/A£378.98M-£143.69M-255.5630
JAI
JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.27M£25.05M17.51N/A
DIG
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust
N/AGBX 295.10
+0.0%
N/A+2.8%£369.38M£35.34M1,234.73N/ADividend Announcement
AAIF
abrdn Asian Income Fund
N/AGBX 251.63
+1.1%
N/A+16.8%£362.44M£19.92M2,203.37N/A
ANII
abrdn New India Investment Trust
N/AGBX 786.40
-0.2%
N/A-2.7%£361.47M£45.93M1,254.43N/A
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 211.50
+0.7%
N/A+20.3%£359.93M£102.26M646.79N/A
ORIT
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
N/AGBX 66.52
-0.9%
N/AN/A£356.28M£13.34M3,167.52N/APositive News
HINT
Henderson International Income
N/AGBX 174.59
flat
N/AN/A£342.26M£38.86M9.82N/A
BGS
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
N/AGBX 135
flat
N/A+15.2%£341.33M-£29.01M-1,310.683,080News Coverage
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 93.94
-0.3%
N/A+10.3%£338.25M£25.97M1,397.92N/A

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