Kelso Group (KLSO) Competitors GBX 2.10 +0.10 (+5.00%) As of 05/1/2025 11:33 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsBuy This Stock KLSO vs. CIP, PGIT, DNE, ADAM, VENC, ELTA, CLP, VEN, PBLT, and GV2OShould you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include CIP Merchant Capital (CIP), Premier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L) (PGIT), Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Ventus VCT C (VENC), Electra Private Equity (ELTA), Clear Leisure (CLP), Ventus VCT (VEN), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (PBLT), and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 (GV2O). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Kelso Group vs. CIP Merchant Capital Premier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L) Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust Jade Road Investments Ventus VCT C Electra Private Equity Clear Leisure Ventus VCT TOC Property Backed Lending Trust Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 CIP Merchant Capital (LON:CIP) and Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CIP or KLSO? 5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.7% of Kelso Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is CIP or KLSO more profitable? Kelso Group has a net margin of 59.53% compared to CIP Merchant Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Kelso Group's return on equity of 39.51% beat CIP Merchant Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CIP Merchant CapitalN/A N/A N/A Kelso Group 59.53%39.51%-0.99% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CIP or KLSO? CIP Merchant Capital received 9 more outperform votes than Kelso Group when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCIP Merchant CapitalOutperform Votes969.23% Underperform Votes430.77% Kelso GroupN/AN/A Does the media favor CIP or KLSO? In the previous week, CIP Merchant Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kelso Group'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment CIP Merchant Capital Neutral Kelso Group Neutral Which has better earnings & valuation, CIP or KLSO? Kelso Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CIP Merchant Capital. CIP Merchant Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelso Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCIP Merchant Capital£8.87M0.00N/A£13.70N/AKelso Group£3.54M2.28£2.11M£0.533.93 SummaryKelso Group beats CIP Merchant Capital on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Kelso Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KLSO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart KLSO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKelso GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£8.09M£1.15B£3.86B£2.59BDividend YieldN/A4.46%4.21%4.97%P/E Ratio3.9321.8213.06133.72Price / Sales2.282,291.281,695.09232,158.79Price / CashN/A61.4750.4928.12Price / Book0.781.143.424.58Net Income£2.11M£262.88M£1.25B£5.84B7 Day Performance13.51%1.29%0.99%2.88%1 Month Performance-2.33%10.94%13.42%10.09%1 Year Performance-22.22%2.56%12.71%115.85% Kelso Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KLSOKelso GroupN/AGBX 2.10+5.0%N/A-20.8%£8.09M£3.54M3.93N/AGap DownCIPCIP Merchant CapitalN/AN/AN/AN/A£27.50M£8.87M3.65N/AGap DownPGITPremier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.23M£-2,538,000.00-3.56N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeDNEDunedin Enterprise Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£26.15M£1.99M16.72N/AADAMJade Road InvestmentsN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.17MN/A-7.21N/AVENCVentus VCT CN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.00M£8.35M3.91N/AGap DownELTAElectra Private EquityN/AN/AN/AN/A£24.87M£57.60M0.451CLPClear LeisureN/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39,000.00-13.504Gap UpVENVentus VCTN/AN/AN/AN/A£23.81M£9.80M3.16450Gap UpHigh Trading VolumePBLTTOC Property Backed Lending TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£23.16M£1.49M24.57314GV2OGresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2N/AGBX 35flatN/AN/A£22.96MN/A0.00N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CIP Competitors PGIT Competitors DNE Competitors ADAM Competitors VENC Competitors ELTA Competitors CLP Competitors VEN Competitors PBLT Competitors GV2O 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:KLSO) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s treachery Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to ...Porter & Company | SponsoredTrump Orders 'National Digital Asset Stockpile'Billionaires Rush Into Digital Banking Token Three massive forces are converging right now, creating what c...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredMusk's warning signal: Prepare before the cascade beginsWhen Elon Musk triggered his AI layoff plan, most analysts missed what it really meant. 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