The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to EMG or GSCT?

In the previous week, Man Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Man Group and 1 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Man Group's score of 0.26 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
Man Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 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 more risk and volatility, EMG or GSCT?

Man Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend EMG or GSCT?

Man Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 281.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.68%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Man Group is more favorable than The Global Smaller Companies Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Man Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, EMG or GSCT?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Man Group. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Man 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
Man Group	£1.69B	1.58	£382.68M	£21.20	8.76
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	£70.77M	10.03	£598.28M	£123.93	1.19

Is EMG or GSCT a better dividend stock?

Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Man Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out 1.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMG or GSCT?

Man Group received 836 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Man Group	Outperform Votes 836 60.84%	Underperform Votes 538 39.16%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EMG or GSCT?

28.8% of Man Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Man Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held 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.

Is EMG or GSCT more profitable?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 845.39% compared to Man Group's net margin of 22.58%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 77.62% beat Man Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Man Group	22.58%	19.64%	4.61%
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	845.39%	77.62%	-1.80%

Summary

The Global Smaller Companies Trust beats Man Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.