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The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT) Competitors

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GBX 148 +1.00 (+0.68%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

GSCT vs. RCP, JGGI, ABDN, HGT, EMG, CTY, HICL, HVPE, INPP, and MNKS

Should you be buying The Global Smaller Companies Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Global Smaller Companies Trust include RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), abrdn (ABDN), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Man Group (EMG), City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Global Smaller Companies Trust vs.

The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) and RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RIT Capital Partners. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RIT Capital Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Global Smaller Companies Trust£70.77M10.05£598.28M£123.931.19
RIT Capital Partners£103.46M25.75£167.81M£115.6815.98

RIT Capital Partners received 152 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Global Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/A
RIT Capital PartnersOutperform Votes
152
67.26%
Underperform Votes
74
32.74%

The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RIT Capital Partners pays out 33.7% 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.

68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of RIT Capital Partners 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.

In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners had 1 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for RIT Capital Partners and 0 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. RIT Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RIT Capital Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Global Smaller Companies Trust Neutral
RIT Capital Partners Positive

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to RIT Capital Partners' net margin of 162.20%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat RIT Capital Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Global Smaller Companies Trust845.39% 77.62% -1.80%
RIT Capital Partners 162.20%4.70%4.22%

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RIT Capital Partners beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GSCT vs. The Competition

MetricThe Global Smaller Companies TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£711.48M£1.13B£3.80B£2.53B
Dividend Yield1.74%4.45%4.21%4.96%
P/E Ratio1.1921.5712.95131.54
Price / Sales10.052,315.191,719.33238,740.39
Price / Cash60.3361.2950.3828.05
Price / Book0.871.113.374.49
Net Income£598.28M£261.57M£1.24B£5.82B
7 Day Performance2.07%1.74%9.03%8.73%
1 Month Performance-4.27%3.65%9.05%7.28%
1 Year Performance-7.73%2.53%10.93%25.27%

The Global Smaller Companies Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSCT
The Global Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 148
+0.7%
N/A-7.7%£711.48M£70.77M1.19N/APositive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,829.34
-0.6%
N/A-3.8%£2.64B£103.46M15.8162News Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 497.93
-1.8%
N/A-6.0%£2.57B£660.56M4.10N/ANews Coverage
ABDN
abrdn
1.2966 of 5 stars
GBX 137
-1.7%
GBX 163.50
+19.3%
+1.2%£2.45B£1.49B7.794,719High Trading Volume
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 493.86
+1.3%
N/A+8.1%£2.29B£312.64M8.16N/APositive News
EMG
Man Group
2.8725 of 5 stars
GBX 156.50
-1.7%
GBX 281.67
+80.0%
-32.6%£2.26B£1.69B7.381,790
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 456.16
-0.3%
N/A+13.3%£2.26B£307.08M7.68N/ADividend Announcement
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 112.97
-1.4%
N/A-5.5%£2.25B£105.30M22.16N/ANews Coverage
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,333.52
-0.7%
N/A+6.7%£2.16B£32.28M219.43N/ANews Coverage
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 114.81
-0.7%
N/A-8.9%£2.15B£82.63M49.53N/A
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,086
-1.1%
N/A+1.8%£2.09B£610.03M3.53N/A

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This page (LON:GSCT) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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