The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT) Competitors

The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) and RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor GSCT or RCP?

In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners had 2 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RIT Capital Partners and 0 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. RIT Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RIT Capital Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
RIT Capital Partners	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GSCT or RCP?

RIT Capital Partners received 152 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A
RIT Capital Partners	Outperform Votes 152 67.26%	Underperform Votes 74 32.74%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GSCT or RCP?

68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of RIT Capital Partners 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.

Is GSCT or RCP a better dividend stock?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RIT Capital Partners pays out 33.7% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GSCT or RCP?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GSCT or RCP more profitable?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to RIT Capital Partners' net margin of 162.20%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat RIT Capital Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	845.39%	77.62%	-1.80%
RIT Capital Partners	162.20%	4.70%	4.22%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GSCT or RCP?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RIT Capital Partners. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RIT Capital Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	£70.77M	10.18	£598.28M	£123.93	1.21
RIT Capital Partners	£103.46M	26.42	£167.81M	£115.68	16.39

Summary

RIT Capital Partners beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.