Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Is CLDN or GSCT more profitable?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to Caledonia Investments' net margin of 86.28%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	6.98%	4.23%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	845.39%	77.62%	-1.80%

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

11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CLDN or GSCT?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Global Smaller Companies Trust, 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
Caledonia Investments	£231.70M	0.87	£199.92M	£374.36	1.02
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	£70.77M	11.56	£598.28M	£123.93	1.37

Which has more risk & volatility, CLDN or GSCT?

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLDN or GSCT a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.4%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Caledonia Investments pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% 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.

Does the media favor CLDN or GSCT?

In the previous week, The Global Smaller Companies Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust and 0 mentions for Caledonia Investments. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Caledonia Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that The Global Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments	Neutral
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	Very Positive

Summary

The Global Smaller Companies Trust beats Caledonia Investments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.