TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF) Competitors

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (LON:SMIF) and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) 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, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SMIF or GSCT?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.08	-1,052.50
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	-£19.63M	-42.36	-£28.39M	-£0.06	-2,750.00

Does the media favor SMIF or GSCT?

In the previous week, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund and 2 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that The Global Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SMIF or GSCT a better dividend stock?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund pays out -8,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out -3,333.3% 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. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SMIF or GSCT more profitable?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	-3.48%	-1.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMIF or GSCT?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund received 89 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	Outperform Votes 89 68.46%	Underperform Votes 41 31.54%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SMIF or GSCT?

13.0% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust 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.

Do analysts prefer SMIF or GSCT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.