KLSO vs. OOA, JGC, TENT, BFSP, ESO, LGT, RIV, SGEM, BRIG, and NBMI
Should you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include Octopus AIM VCT (OOA), Jupiter Green (JGC), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), Blackfinch Spring VCT (BFSP), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Lighthouse Group (LGT), River and Mercantile Group (RIV), ScotGems (SGEM), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), and NB Global Monthly Income Fund Ltd GBP (NBMI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Kelso Group vs. Its Competitors
Octopus AIM VCT (LON:OOA) and Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Kelso Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Octopus AIM VCT. Kelso Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Octopus AIM VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kelso Group has a net margin of 59.53% compared to Octopus AIM VCT's net margin of 21.28%. Kelso Group's return on equity of 39.51% beat Octopus AIM VCT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Octopus AIM VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kelso Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Octopus AIM VCT has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelso Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus AIM VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Kelso Group beats Octopus AIM VCT on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:KLSO) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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