CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG) Competitors

CVC Income & Growth GBP (LON:CVCG) and The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Does the media refer more to CVCG or ESCT?

In the previous week, The European Smaller Companies Trust had 2 more articles in the media than CVC Income & Growth GBP. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust and 0 mentions for CVC Income & Growth GBP. The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat CVC Income & Growth GBP's score of 0.00 indicating that The European Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CVC Income & Growth GBP	Neutral
The European Smaller Companies Trust	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVCG or ESCT?

72.0% of CVC Income & Growth GBP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CVC Income & Growth GBP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CVCG or ESCT more profitable?

CVC Income & Growth GBP has a net margin of 811.09% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 87.06%. CVC Income & Growth GBP's return on equity of 107.78% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVC Income & Growth GBP	811.09%	107.78%	N/A
The European Smaller Companies Trust	87.06%	10.91%	6.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVCG or ESCT?

CVC Income & Growth GBP and The European Smaller Companies Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVC Income & Growth GBP	N/A	N/A
The European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A

Is CVCG or ESCT a better dividend stock?

CVC Income & Growth GBP pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CVC Income & Growth GBP pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 23.6% 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. CVC Income & Growth GBP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CVCG or ESCT?

CVC Income & Growth GBP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The European Smaller Companies Trust. CVC Income & Growth GBP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The European 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
CVC Income & Growth GBP	£45.23M	4.09	£366.88M	£197.32	0.61
The European Smaller Companies Trust	£96.24M	7.47	£83.79M	£21.21	8.59

Summary

CVC Income & Growth GBP and The European Smaller Companies Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.