Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors GBX 62.50 0.00 (0.00%) As of 09/19/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock IGV vs. MRCH, JESC, APAX, IEM, BGSC, USA, GSCT, CORD, BGFD, and SOIShould you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include The Merchants Trust (MRCH), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), and Schroder Oriental Income (SOI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Income & Growth VCT vs. Its Competitors The Merchants Trust JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust Apax Global Alpha Impax Environmental Markets BMO Global Smaller Companies Baillie Gifford US Growth The Global Smaller Companies Trust Cordiant Digital Infrastructure The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Schroder Oriental Income The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) and Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation. Is MRCH or IGV a better dividend stock? The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. The Merchants Trust pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Income & Growth VCT pays out 1,052.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is MRCH or IGV more profitable? The Merchants Trust has a net margin of 90.97% compared to Income & Growth VCT's net margin of 71.12%. The Merchants Trust's return on equity of 13.03% beat Income & Growth VCT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets The Merchants Trust90.97% 13.03% 7.70% Income & Growth VCT 71.12%5.16%4.76% Which has more volatility & risk, MRCH or IGV? The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Income & Growth VCT has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor MRCH or IGV? In the previous week, The Merchants Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Income & Growth VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Merchants Trust and 0 mentions for Income & Growth VCT. The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Income & Growth VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment The Merchants Trust Very Positive Income & Growth VCT Neutral Do institutionals & insiders believe in MRCH or IGV? 5.9% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Income & Growth VCT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Income & Growth VCT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher earnings & valuation, MRCH or IGV? The Merchants Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Income & Growth VCT. The Merchants 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 RatioThe Merchants Trust£107.14M7.55£109.11M£0.70775.41Income & Growth VCT£1.66M121.96£12.71M£0.0110,964.91 SummaryThe Merchants Trust beats Income & Growth VCT on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Income & Growth VCT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IGV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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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.Skip Chart IGV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricIncome & Growth VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£202.62M£1.49B£6.47B£2.57BDividend Yield8.87%4.61%4.32%5.33%P/E Ratio10,964.914,748.281,786.005,414.49Price / Sales121.961,975.821,368.8797,425.24Price / Cash2.5460.4749.0227.93Price / Book0.851.362.109.24Net Income£12.71M£264.59M£1.23B£5.89B7 Day PerformanceN/A0.34%1.38%0.87%1 Month PerformanceN/A1.17%2.71%2.80%1 Year Performance-7.41%8.58%32.95%201.05% Income & Growth VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IGVIncome & Growth VCTN/AGBX 62.50flatN/A-7.4%£202.62M£1.66M10,964.91N/AMRCHThe Merchants TrustN/AGBX 544flatN/A-7.0%£807.43M£107.14M774.16N/APositive NewsJESCJPMorgan European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/AAPAXApax Global AlphaN/AGBX 164.40+0.4%N/AN/A£793.05M-£44.79M-1,502.74N/AGap UpHigh Trading VolumeIEMImpax Environmental MarketsN/AGBX 391+0.6%N/A+3.0%£783.48M-£43.08M-1,887.98N/APositive NewsBGSCBMO Global Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/AUSABaillie Gifford US GrowthN/AGBX 268+0.9%N/A+36.2%£749.12M£136.67M570.58N/AGSCTThe Global Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 168.80+0.7%N/A+1.7%£742.39M-£39.47M-1,863.13N/ACORDCordiant Digital InfrastructureN/AGBX 96.20+2.6%N/A+15.8%£736.62M£109.05M700.15N/ABGFDThe Baillie Gifford Japan TrustN/AGBX 938+1.2%N/A+27.1%£726.68M£16.95M5,437.68N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSOISchroder Oriental Income0.5255 of 5 starsGBX 315-0.2%GBX 300-4.8%+17.5%£721.84M£82.53M965.37180 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies The Merchants Trust Competitors JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Apax Global Alpha Competitors Impax Environmental Markets Competitors BMO Global Smaller Companies Competitors Baillie Gifford US Growth Competitors The Global Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Competitors The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Competitors Schroder Oriental Income Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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