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Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors

GBX 62 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 06/11/2025

IGV vs. AGT.LN, JESC, ESCT, SDP, GSCT, BGSC, CGI, VOF, JII, and SLS

Should you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), JPMorgan Indian (JII), and Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Income & Growth VCT vs. Its Competitors

AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT.LN) and Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share. Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. AVI Global Trust pays out 0.4% 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.

AVI Global Trust received 78 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.03% of users gave AVI Global Trust an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AVI Global TrustOutperform Votes
107
69.03%
Underperform Votes
48
30.97%
Income & Growth VCTOutperform Votes
29
59.18%
Underperform Votes
20
40.82%

Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 71.12% compared to AVI Global Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 5.16% beat AVI Global Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AVI Global TrustN/A N/A N/A
Income & Growth VCT 71.12%5.16%4.76%

In the previous week, AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Income & Growth VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
AVI Global Trust Neutral
Income & Growth VCT Neutral

Income & Growth VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AVI Global Trust. AVI Global Trust 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
AVI Global Trust£51.62M0.00N/A£35.20N/A
Income & Growth VCT£17.88M11.35£12.71M£3.8815.96

Summary

AVI Global Trust beats Income & Growth VCT on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IGV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£202.97M£1.22B£5.71B£2.93B
Dividend Yield9.68%4.34%4.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio15.9621.5212.70125.70
Price / Sales11.352,397.241,714.28243,028.65
Price / Cash2.5460.8149.9228.07
Price / Book0.841.173.184.71
Net Income£12.71M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B
7 Day Performance-2.36%0.88%1.13%13.20%
1 Month PerformanceN/A18.22%10.31%16.80%
1 Year Performance-6.77%5.12%14.82%78.27%

Income & Growth VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IGV
Income & Growth VCT
N/AGBX 62
flat
N/A-4.5%£202.97M£17.88M15.96N/A
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 201
+0.2%
N/A+9.2%£792.82M£96.24M9.48305News Coverage
Positive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 547
+1.1%
N/A+7.4%£772.73M£134.70M6.38N/APositive News
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 160.20
-0.1%
N/A-1.4%£770.13M£70.77M1.29N/APositive News
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AGBX 2,075
-0.5%
N/A-1.9%£753.01M£350.08M4.62N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 421
flat
N/A-13.6%£746.51M£115.59M11.22125
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 1,080
-1.6%
N/A+12.7%£723.46M£163.61M6.00N/ANews Coverage
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710

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This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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