The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT) Competitors

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, BPT or GSCT?

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BPT or GSCT a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 11,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer BPT or GSCT?

Bridgepoint Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 334, suggesting a potential downside of 7.48%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than The Global Smaller Companies Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BPT or GSCT more profitable?

Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 19.18% compared to The Global Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Bridgepoint Group's return on equity of 8.85% beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	19.18%	8.85%	3.47%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	-3.48%	-1.80%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BPT or GSCT?

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BPT or GSCT?

Bridgepoint Group received 11 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgepoint Group	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BPT or GSCT?

In the previous week, The Global Smaller Companies Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust and 1 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Global Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BPT or GSCT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgepoint Group	£342.10M	8.68	£65.60M	£0.08	4,512.50
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	-£19.63M	-41.95	-£28.39M	-£0.06	-2,723.33

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.