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Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors

GBX 62.50 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/31/2025

IGV vs. VOF, AGT.LN, CGI, JESC, GSCT, BGSC, BGFD, USA, CORD, and JII

Should you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), Canadian General Investments (CGI), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), and JPMorgan Indian (JII). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Income & Growth VCT vs. Its Competitors

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (LON:VOF) and Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT had 1 more articles in the media than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Income & Growth VCT and 1 mentions for VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund. Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's score of 0.39 indicating that Income & Growth VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Income & Growth VCT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

53.9% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Income & Growth VCT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Income & Growth VCT has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Income & Growth VCT. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Income & Growth VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund£115.59M7.33£83.63M£37.5112.73
Income & Growth VCT£17.88M11.45£12.71M£3.8816.09

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Income & Growth VCT pays out 257.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a net margin of 72.35% compared to Income & Growth VCT's net margin of 71.12%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's return on equity of 6.52% beat Income & Growth VCT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund72.35% 6.52% 9.43%
Income & Growth VCT 71.12%5.16%4.76%

Summary

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund beats Income & Growth VCT on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IGV vs. The Competition

MetricIncome & Growth VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£204.61M£1.31B£6.33B£3.07B
Dividend Yield9.68%4.39%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio16.0922.4014.13167.80
Price / Sales11.452,511.431,818.87340,578.71
Price / Cash2.5460.70127.2627.97
Price / Book0.851.452.264.51
Net Income£12.71M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.31%0.45%0.74%
1 Month PerformanceN/A14.76%9.10%11.47%
1 Year Performance-9.42%8.78%22.94%69.40%

Income & Growth VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IGV
Income & Growth VCT
N/AGBX 62.50
flat
N/A-5.3%£204.61M£17.88M16.09N/A
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 460.50
-0.1%
N/A+4.5%£816.56M£115.59M12.28125News Coverage
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AGBX 2,211
+1.0%
N/A+4.8%£802.36M£350.08M4.92N/ANews Coverage
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 165.40
+0.4%
N/A+3.1%£795.13M£70.77M1.33N/A
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
BGFD
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
N/AGBX 835
+0.6%
N/A+28.0%£762.14M£69.20M11.58N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 267
flat
N/A+49.3%£761.98M£89.99M9.06N/APositive News
CORD
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
N/AGBX 95.80
flat
N/A+30.4%£738.37M£103.12M0.88N/ANews Coverage
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 1,076
-0.9%
N/A+9.9%£720.78M£163.61M5.97N/A

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This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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