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Global Opportunities Trust (GOT) Competitors

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GOT vs. BGEU, NBLS, LWI, CTPE, HNE, MWY, AEMC, CTUK, FEET, and AUSC

Should you be buying Global Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Opportunities Trust include Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), Lowland (LWI), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET), and abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Global Opportunities Trust vs.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (LON:BGEU) and Global Opportunities Trust (LON:GOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Global Opportunities Trust. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust£46.84M7.04£45.36M£13.207.23
Global Opportunities Trust£6.53M13.36£5.48M£0.191,570.95

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a net margin of 96.85% compared to Global Opportunities Trust's net margin of 83.86%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's return on equity of 12.17% beat Global Opportunities Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust96.85% 12.17% 3.49%
Global Opportunities Trust 83.86%5.17%3.41%

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more 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.

53.3% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Global Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Global Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust pays out 7.6% 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.

Global Opportunities Trust received 76 more outperform votes than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Baillie Gifford European Growth TrustN/AN/A
Global Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes
76
63.87%
Underperform Votes
43
36.13%

In the previous week, Global Opportunities Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Global Opportunities Trust and 0 mentions for Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust. Global Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Neutral
Global Opportunities Trust Positive

Summary

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust beats Global Opportunities Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GOT vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Opportunities TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£87.22M£1.17B£4.29B£2.61B
Dividend Yield1.72%4.41%4.18%4.95%
P/E Ratio1,570.9527.0015.98142.23
Price / Sales13.362,251.051,688.16269,940.65
Price / Cash2.8360.9849.0727.98
Price / Book0.811.123.374.62
Net Income£5.48M£258.97M£1.28B£5.79B
7 Day Performance1.31%0.19%0.56%0.22%
1 Month Performance0.01%-1.65%6.75%5.29%
1 Year Performance5.07%5.35%11.00%128.29%

Global Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOT
Global Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 298.48
+0.5%
N/A+2.2%£87.22M£6.53M1,570.951
BGEU
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust
N/AGBX 97.80
-0.4%
N/A-0.7%£338.11M£46.84M7.41N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
NBLS
NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£337.13MN/A0.00N/A
LWI
Lowland
N/AGBX 132.05
+0.0%
N/A+10.5%£336.81M£58.88M6.20N/A
CTPE
CT Private Equity Trust
N/AGBX 468.78
+0.2%
N/A+6.4%£336.08M£9.01M62.38N/ADividend Announcement
HNE
Henderson EuroTrust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£332.62M£31.38M1,207.69N/A
MWY
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr
N/AGBX 739.50
+0.5%
N/A-2.7%£331.61M£46.65M7.47N/A
AEMC
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£328.65M£132.92M2.55N/A
CTUK
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust
N/AGBX 324
+0.9%
N/A+1.9%£328.17M£59.57M5.90N/A
FEET
Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£325.97MN/A2,296.30N/AHigh Trading Volume
AUSC
abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust
N/AGBX 481.02
-0.3%
N/A+10.2%£324.69M£54.96M6.51N/A
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