IGC vs. SEC, OIG, UAV, CLIG, HANA, FTF, BRSA, BERI, JSGI, and MERC
Should you be buying India Capital Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of India Capital Growth include Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Hansa Investment Company Ltd 'A' (HANA), Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF), BlackRock Sustainable American Income (BRSA), BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust (BERI), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI), and Mercia Asset Management (MERC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
India Capital Growth (LON:IGC) and Strategic Equity Capital (LON:SEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
33.9% of India Capital Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of India Capital Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
India Capital Growth has a net margin of 96.24% compared to Strategic Equity Capital's net margin of 85.96%. India Capital Growth's return on equity of 26.86% beat Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity.
Strategic Equity Capital received 84 more outperform votes than India Capital Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Strategic Equity Capital an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave India Capital Growth an outperform vote.
India Capital Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Equity Capital. India Capital Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Equity Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Strategic Equity Capital had 1 more articles in the media than India Capital Growth. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Strategic Equity Capital and 3 mentions for India Capital Growth. Strategic Equity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat India Capital Growth's score of 0.25 indicating that Strategic Equity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
India Capital Growth has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Strategic Equity Capital beats India Capital Growth on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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