MNP vs. ICGT, JESC, BGSC, ESCT, SDP, GSCT, VOF, CGI, SLS, and USA
Should you be buying Martin Currie Global Portfolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Currie Global Portfolio include 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), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), and Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio vs.
ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) and Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a net margin of 85.73% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity of 6.27% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.
ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. Martin Currie Global Portfolio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio received 62 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Martin Currie Global Portfolio an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Martin Currie Global Portfolio. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ICG Enterprise Trust beats Martin Currie Global Portfolio on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MNP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
