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Geiger Counter (GCL) Competitors

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GBX 44.16 -0.34 (-0.76%)
As of 02/21/2025 11:24 AM Eastern

GCL vs. IBT, MNP, BOOK, JMC, GRID, CCJI, ASLI, GSF, WPC, and JETI

Should you be buying Geiger Counter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geiger Counter include International Biotechnology (IBT), Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP), Literacy Capital (BOOK), JP Morgan Chinese Investment Trust (JMC), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), CC Japan Income & Growth (CCJI), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L) (WPC), and JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool (JETI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Geiger Counter vs.

Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) and International Biotechnology (LON:IBT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Geiger Counter has a net margin of 135.81% compared to International Biotechnology's net margin of 90.66%. International Biotechnology's return on equity of 13.67% beat Geiger Counter's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Geiger Counter135.81% -13.97% 28.68%
International Biotechnology 90.66%13.67%3.57%

International Biotechnology received 106 more outperform votes than Geiger Counter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.71% of users gave International Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Geiger Counter an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Geiger CounterOutperform Votes
30
58.82%
Underperform Votes
21
41.18%
International BiotechnologyOutperform Votes
136
77.71%
Underperform Votes
39
22.29%

International Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Geiger Counter. Geiger Counter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Biotechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Geiger Counter-£8.61M-7.17-£11.70M-£8.35-5.29
International Biotechnology£41.82M6.19£37.91M£104.806.87

In the previous week, International Biotechnology had 3 more articles in the media than Geiger Counter. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for International Biotechnology and 1 mentions for Geiger Counter. International Biotechnology's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Geiger Counter's score of 0.59 indicating that International Biotechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Geiger Counter
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
International Biotechnology
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Geiger Counter has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Biotechnology has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

25.7% of Geiger Counter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Geiger Counter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

International Biotechnology beats Geiger Counter on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GCL vs. The Competition

MetricGeiger CounterAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£61.71M£1.23B£4.24B£2.64B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%4.22%4.98%
P/E Ratio-5.2926.9916.06162.45
Price / Sales-7.172,362.261,769.81313,812.36
Price / Cash390.0060.5748.8928.15
Price / Book0.811.153.405.16
Net Income-£11.70M£256.58M£1.27B£5.75B
7 Day Performance-7.13%-0.37%-0.23%-1.02%
1 Month Performance-16.36%0.51%1.72%-0.86%
1 Year Performance-22.11%10.13%14.51%39.56%

Geiger Counter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCL
Geiger Counter
N/AGBX 44.16
-0.8%
N/A-22.1%£61.71M£-8,612,302.50-5.29N/A
IBT
International Biotechnology
N/AGBX 710
flat
N/A+9.1%£262.42M£24.14M1,479.17N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
MNP
Martin Currie Global Portfolio
N/AGBX 375
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%£257.74M£28.46M1,071.43N/ADividend Announcement
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 426
+1.4%
N/A-17.1%£256.32M£29.26M1,252.946News Coverage
JMC
JP Morgan Chinese Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£255.55M£-151,000.00-30.30N/AGap Up
GRID
Gresham House Energy Storage
N/AGBX 43.80
+0.7%
N/A-25.4%£249.25M£-100,100,000.00-219.00N/ANews Coverage
CCJI
CC Japan Income & Growth
N/AGBX 184.50
-0.8%
N/A-4.1%£248.58MN/A2,050.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
ASLI
abrdn European Logistics Income
N/AGBX 60
flat
N/A-5.4%£247.30M£41.66M-352.94N/A
GSF
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
1.189 of 5 stars
GBX 48.35
-1.1%
GBX 85
+75.8%
-32.1%£244.22M£2.27M-4,835.00N/A
WPC
Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£242.69M£6.74M69.65190
JETI
JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool
N/AN/AN/AN/A£242.54MN/A2.28N/A

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This page (LON:GCL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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