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Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

GBX 154.30 +6.30 (+4.26%)
As of 12:12 PM Eastern

WKOF vs. IVI, TIGT, JUS, ASIT, SEC, CMPG, CMPI, GVP, BERI, and PGOO

Should you be buying Weiss Korea Opportunity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weiss Korea Opportunity include Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), CT Global Managed Portfolio Growth (CMPG), CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), and ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Weiss Korea Opportunity vs. Its Competitors

Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) and Invesco Income Growth Trust (LON:IVI) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

30.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Invesco Income Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out -39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Income Growth Trust pays out -0.2% 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. Weiss Korea Opportunity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Weiss Korea Opportunity has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Income Growth Trust. Weiss Korea Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Income Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Weiss Korea Opportunity-£4.94M-8.22£6.84M-£0.10-1,483.65
Invesco Income Growth Trust-£28.62M0.00N/A-£51.30N/A

Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to Invesco Income Growth Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity of 5.86% beat Invesco Income Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Weiss Korea Opportunity131.62% 5.86% N/A
Invesco Income Growth Trust N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Invesco Income Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Weiss Korea Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Income Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Weiss Korea Opportunity. Weiss Korea Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Income Growth Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Weiss Korea Opportunity Neutral
Invesco Income Growth Trust Neutral

Summary

Weiss Korea Opportunity beats Invesco Income Growth Trust on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WKOF vs. The Competition

MetricWeiss Korea OpportunityAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.63M£1.33B£6.34B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.67%4.58%4.30%5.28%
P/E Ratio-1,483.653,085.321,328.004,388.05
Price / Sales-8.221,972.331,365.25100,187.79
Price / CashN/A60.47127.5927.90
Price / Book0.911.373.538.71
Net Income£6.84M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.45%-0.71%-0.11%-0.06%
1 Month Performance2.19%0.40%2.51%2.40%
1 Year Performance-0.13%8.08%40.24%145.49%

Weiss Korea Opportunity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WKOF
Weiss Korea Opportunity
N/AGBX 154.30
+4.3%
N/A-0.1%£40.63M-£4.94M-1,483.65N/A
IVI
Invesco Income Growth Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£162.22M-£28.62M-5.42N/A
TIGT
Troy Income & Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£162.08M-£7.86M-2,320.00N/AGap Down
JUS
Jupiter US Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/AN/A£159.73M-£3.32M-31.64N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
ASIT
Aberforth Split Level Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£158.86M£821K927.78N/AGap Up
SEC
Strategic Equity Capital
N/AGBX 364
+0.3%
N/A+12.2%£156.81M£8.16M2,596.29N/APositive News
CMPG
CT Global Managed Portfolio Growth
N/AGBX 280.97
+1.1%
N/A+14.6%£155.80M£5.33M6,229.96N/A
CMPI
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income
N/AGBX 117.96
+1.3%
N/A+3.0%£155.80M£5.33M2,615.52N/A
GVP
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap Down
BERI
BlackRock Energy and Resources
N/AGBX 138
+1.5%
N/A+16.7%£152.68M-£14.45M-1,095.24N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
PGOO
ProVen Growth & Income VCT
N/AGBX 46.70
flat
N/AN/A£151.32M-£4.92M-2,457.89N/A

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