CLIG vs. BGFD, GCP, JII, CORD, CGI, P2P, SCAM, USA, SCIN, and HET
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 The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Canadian General Investments (CGI), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), and Henderson European Trust (HET). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group vs.
City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
City of London Investment Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 94.64% compared to City of London Investment Group's net margin of 27.80%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity.
City of London Investment Group received 196 more outperform votes than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.70% of users gave City of London Investment Group an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than City of London Investment Group. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust 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.
In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than City of London Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 0 mentions for City of London Investment Group. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat City of London Investment Group's score of 1.05 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. City of London Investment Group pays out 106.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats City of London Investment Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
