EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors GBX 146 -4.00 (-2.67%) As of 08/7/2025 09:51 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock ESO vs. IVI, MMIT, TIGT, JUS, ASIT, BSC, GVP, PVN, BGCG, and UAVShould you be buying EPE Special Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPE Special Opportunities include Invesco Income Growth Trust (IVI), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), Troy Income & Growth (TIGT), Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (BSC), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), ProVen VCT (PVN), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), and Unicorn AIM VCT (UAV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. EPE Special Opportunities vs. Its Competitors Invesco Income Growth Trust Mobius Investment Trust Troy Income & Growth Jupiter US Smaller Companies Aberforth Split Level Income Trust British Smaller Companies VCT2 Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust ProVen VCT Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust Unicorn AIM VCT EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) and Invesco Income Growth Trust (LON:IVI) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk. Is ESO or IVI more profitable? Invesco Income Growth Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. Invesco Income Growth Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets EPE Special Opportunities-10.57% -0.41% 0.41% Invesco Income Growth Trust N/A N/A N/A Does the media prefer ESO or IVI? In the previous week, EPE Special Opportunities had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Income Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities and 0 mentions for Invesco Income Growth Trust. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Invesco Income Growth Trust's score of 1.02 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment EPE Special Opportunities Very Positive Invesco Income Growth Trust Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ESO or IVI? 13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher valuation and earnings, ESO or IVI? EPE Special Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Income Growth Trust. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Income Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEPE Special Opportunities£3.75M11.03£12.80M-£0.01-14,600.00Invesco Income Growth Trust-£28.62M0.00N/A-£51.30N/A SummaryEPE Special Opportunities beats Invesco Income Growth Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get EPE Special Opportunities News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart ESO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEPE Special OpportunitiesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£41.36M£1.29B£6.35B£3.07BDividend YieldN/A4.41%4.19%5.03%P/E Ratio-14,600.0022.5414.28170.60Price / Sales11.032,547.711,845.83303,757.13Price / Cash1.7960.70127.2327.96Price / Book0.451.442.264.52Net Income£12.80M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day PerformanceN/A0.73%1.73%1.23%1 Month Performance-3.31%0.42%2.19%3.22%1 Year Performance-10.98%7.68%27.37%60.28% EPE Special Opportunities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ESOEPE Special OpportunitiesN/AGBX 146-2.7%N/AN/A£41.36M£3.75M-14,600.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownIVIInvesco Income Growth TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.22M-£28.62M-5.42N/APositive NewsMMITMobius Investment TrustN/AGBX 140-0.7%N/A+6.1%£162.17M£21.43M9.37N/AEarnings ReportTIGTTroy Income & GrowthN/AN/AN/AN/A£162.08M-£7.86M-2,320.00N/AGap DownJUSJupiter US Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£159.73M-£3.32M-31.64N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeASITAberforth Split Level Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£158.86M£821K927.78N/AGap UpBSCBritish Smaller Companies VCT2N/AGBX 52flatN/AN/A£155.57M£10.71M22.91N/AGVPGabelli Value Plus+ TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£155.29MN/A0.00310Gap DownPVNProVen VCTN/AGBX 57-2.6%N/A-4.2%£155.07M£14.11M16.39N/ANews CoverageNegative NewsGap DownBGCGBaillie Gifford China Growth TrustN/AGBX 265-1.1%N/A+42.1%£154.59M-£29.17M-4.87N/AUAVUnicorn AIM VCTN/AGBX 79.50flatN/AN/A£153.15M-£5.67M-1,325.00N/ADividend Increase Related Companies and Tools Related Companies IVI Competitors MMIT Competitors TIGT Competitors JUS Competitors ASIT Competitors BSC Competitors GVP Competitors PVN Competitors BGCG Competitors UAV Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:ESO) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?A new law called the GENIUS Act could quietly trigger the most radical shift in American finance in decades. 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