GOT vs. SST, HNE, AAIF, AEMC, FEET, BGS, BCI, BPET, PCFC, and EAT
Should you be buying Global Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Opportunities Trust include Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC), Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET), Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust (BCI), BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET), Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFC), and European Assets Trust (EAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Global Opportunities Trust vs.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) and Global Opportunities Trust (LON:GOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Global Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Opportunities Trust pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Global Opportunities Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Global Opportunities Trust. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Opportunities Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.9% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 83.86% compared to Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' net margin of 77.82%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Global Opportunities Trust's return on equity.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos received 25 more outperform votes than Global Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Global Opportunities Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Global Opportunities Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GOT) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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