The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSCT or PHLL?

Petershill Partners received 15 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
Petershill Partners	Outperform Votes 15 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GSCT or PHLL?

68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend GSCT or PHLL?

Petershill Partners has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than The Global Smaller Companies Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GSCT or PHLL?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petershill Partners. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petershill 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	10.66	£598.28M	£123.93	1.27
Petershill Partners	£706.00M	4.04	£420.55M	£24.65	8.52

Is GSCT or PHLL 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%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% 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.

Is GSCT or PHLL more profitable?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	845.39%	77.62%	-1.80%
Petershill Partners	59.57%	7.17%	5.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, GSCT or PHLL?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GSCT or PHLL?

In the previous week, Petershill Partners had 1 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Petershill Partners and 0 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Petershill Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
Petershill Partners	Positive

Summary

Petershill Partners beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.