CLIG vs. BGSC, EWI, NBPE, ESCT, VOF, SLS, JII, TRG, CORD, and APAX
Should you be buying City of London Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City of London Investment Group include BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), JPMorgan Indian (JII), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), and Apax Global Alpha (APAX). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group vs.
BMO Global Smaller Companies (LON:BGSC) and City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 24.64% compared to BMO Global Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 11.07% beat BMO Global Smaller Companies' return on equity.
City of London Investment Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BMO Global Smaller Companies. BMO Global Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, City of London Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than BMO Global Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for City of London Investment Group and 0 mentions for BMO Global Smaller Companies. City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat BMO Global Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that City of London Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BMO Global Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share. City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. BMO Global Smaller Companies pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City of London Investment Group pays out 12,692.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
City of London Investment Group received 251 more outperform votes than BMO Global Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave City of London Investment Group an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave BMO Global Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
City of London Investment Group beats BMO Global Smaller Companies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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