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Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors

GBX 59.50 -2.50 (-4.03%)
As of 05/21/2025 11:53 AM Eastern

IGV vs. MRCH, TFIF, AGT.LN, ICGT, JESC, BGSC, ESCT, SDP, GSCT, and VOF

Should you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include The Merchants Trust (MRCH), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), and VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Income & Growth VCT vs.

Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) and The Merchants Trust (LON:MRCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. The Merchants Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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. The Merchants Trust pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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 Ratio
Income & Growth VCT£17.88M10.90£12.71M£3.8815.32
The Merchants Trust£119.93M6.99£109.11M£73.217.70

6.1% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Income & Growth VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of The Merchants Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Income & Growth VCT has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Merchants Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The Merchants Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Income & Growth VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that The Merchants Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Income & Growth VCT Neutral
The Merchants Trust Very Positive

The Merchants Trust received 52 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave The Merchants Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Income & Growth VCTOutperform Votes
29
59.18%
Underperform Votes
20
40.82%
The Merchants TrustOutperform Votes
81
55.48%
Underperform Votes
65
44.52%

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
Income & Growth VCT71.12% 5.16% 4.76%
The Merchants Trust 90.97%13.03%7.70%

Summary

The Merchants Trust beats Income & Growth VCT on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IGV vs. The Competition

MetricIncome & Growth VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£194.79M£1.19B£5.31B£2.62B
Dividend Yield9.68%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio15.3221.9312.83129.34
Price / Sales10.902,357.191,721.67221,585.85
Price / Cash2.5460.4649.7128.03
Price / Book0.811.151.353.79
Net Income£12.71M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-6.30%0.12%0.53%0.62%
1 Month Performance-6.30%18.09%11.29%22.12%
1 Year Performance-13.14%2.19%13.09%120.95%

Income & Growth VCT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IGV
Income & Growth VCT
N/AGBX 59.50
-4.0%
N/A-11.2%£194.79M£17.88M15.32N/AGap Up
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 558
+0.2%
N/A-2.7%£829.92M£119.93M7.62N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 109.40
-0.2%
N/A+6.2%£818.89M£55.96M0.94N/ANews Coverage
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,232
+0.3%
N/A+5.2%£796.22M£55.63M24.60N/APositive News
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
BGSC
BMO Global Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/A
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 195
+0.8%
N/A+5.2%£769.15M£96.24M9.19305News Coverage
Positive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 540
+0.7%
N/A+2.7%£762.84M£134.70M6.30N/A
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 157.40
+0.4%
N/A-4.6%£756.67M£70.77M1.27N/APositive News
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 414.50
+1.1%
N/A-12.5%£734.99M£115.59M11.05125

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This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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