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As of 10/10/2025 11:55 AM Eastern

REC vs. GHE, BHGG, EOT, AIE, PCGH, HFEL, MTW, FSFL, JEMI, and JUGI

Should you be buying Record stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Record include Gresham House (GHE), BH Global (BHGG), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH), Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Foresight Solar (FSFL), JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (JEMI), and JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Record vs. Its Competitors

Record (LON:REC) and Gresham House (LON:GHE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Record had 70 more articles in the media than Gresham House. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Record and 0 mentions for Gresham House. Record's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Gresham House's score of 0.00 indicating that Record is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Record Neutral
Gresham House Neutral

Record has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gresham House has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to Gresham House's net margin of 16.16%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat Gresham House's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Record430.56% 680.45% 25.14%
Gresham House 16.16%9.68%3.69%

Record has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gresham House. Gresham House is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Record£41.62M2.69£199.77M£0.051,174.09
Gresham House£86.03M0.00£14.13M£0.36N/A

5.7% of Record shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Gresham House shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.4% of Record shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Gresham House shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Gresham House pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Record pays out 93.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gresham House pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Record is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Record beats Gresham House on 10 of the 14 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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REC vs. The Competition

MetricRecordAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£110.49M£1.35B£5.87B£2.50B
Dividend Yield8.13%4.58%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,174.093,085.381,331.894,387.78
Price / Sales2.691,973.341,365.94100,188.17
Price / Cash9.3560.47127.5927.90
Price / Book3.851.372.168.19
Net Income£199.77M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.90%-0.24%-0.21%
1 Month Performance-2.03%0.17%2.18%2.28%
1 Year Performance-11.31%8.03%40.33%145.52%

Record Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REC
Record
N/AGBX 58
+1.4%
N/A-10.5%£110.49M£41.62M1,174.0997Trending News
GHE
Gresham House
N/AN/AN/AN/A£451.55M£86.03M3,055.56216Positive News
BHGG
BH Global
N/AN/AN/AN/A£444.68M£837K5.12N/A
EOT
European Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 945
+1.1%
N/A+10.5%£440.93M-£25.94M-2,143.83N/A
AIE
Ashoka India Equity Investment
N/AGBX 257
+0.8%
N/A+0.0%£440.73M£110.29M421.59N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
PCGH
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare
N/AGBX 363
+2.3%
N/A+0.3%£440.21M-£53.48M-788.44N/ADividend Increase
High Trading Volume
HFEL
Henderson Far East Income
N/AGBX 241
-0.4%
N/A+3.7%£440.17M£24.89M2,020.12N/A
MTW
Mattioli Woods
N/AN/AN/AN/A£431.24M£115.40M4,221.054,800Positive News
FSFL
Foresight Solar
N/AGBX 77
+0.9%
N/A-15.8%£426.66M£4.77M14,807.69N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
JEMI
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts
N/AGBX 158.50
+0.6%
N/A+15.7%£426.60M£62.86M777.72N/AGap Down
JUGI
JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income
N/AGBX 322.80
-0.4%
N/A-1.3%£416.08M£44.86M722.96N/A

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This page (LON:REC) was last updated on 10/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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