GSCT vs. TFIF, MRCH, SYNC, BBH, SDP, JFJ, NBPE, ICGT, APEO, and VOF
Should you be buying The Global Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Global Smaller Companies Trust include TwentyFour Income (TFIF), Merchants Trust (MRCH), Syncona (SYNC), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO), and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
TwentyFour Income (LON:TFIF) and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) 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 dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
57.7% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TwentyFour Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TwentyFour Income received 87 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, TwentyFour Income had 2 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TwentyFour Income and 0 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TwentyFour Income'saverage media sentiment score.
TwentyFour Income has higher revenue and earnings than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. TwentyFour Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Global Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat TwentyFour Income's return on equity.
TwentyFour Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TwentyFour Income pays out -33,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out -3,333.3% 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. TwentyFour Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
TwentyFour Income beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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