CLIG vs. GCP, SOI, TRG, JUP, EWI, JEDT, PEY, HET, GROW, and PCFT
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 GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Henderson European Trust (HET), Molten Ventures (GROW), and Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
City of London Investment Group vs. Its Competitors
City of London Investment Group (LON:CLIG) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, City of London Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GCP Infrastructure Investments'average media sentiment score.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus price target of GBX 90, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Given GCP Infrastructure Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GCP Infrastructure Investments is more favorable than City of London Investment Group.
City of London Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. 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. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 402.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
GCP Infrastructure Investments has higher revenue and earnings than City of London Investment Group. City of London Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
City of London Investment Group has a net margin of 27.80% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. City of London Investment Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.
City of London Investment Group has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.2% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of City of London Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
City of London Investment Group and GCP Infrastructure Investments tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:CLIG) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
