ICGT vs. APEO, BBH, GSCT, MRCH, SYNC, TFIF, SDP, JFJ, SAIN, and NBPE
Should you be buying ICG Enterprise Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICG Enterprise Trust include abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (BBH), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Syncona (SYNC), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), Scottish American (SAIN), and NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (LON:APEO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 76.01% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 64.07%. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust's return on equity of 5.18% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.
19.1% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust had 4 more articles in the media than ICG Enterprise Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust and 1 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICG Enterprise Trust received 42 more outperform votes than abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 4,776.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust pays out 4,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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