Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors

Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) and The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:TRG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IGV or TRG?

The European Smaller Companies Trust received 30 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.05% of users gave The European Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Income & Growth VCT	Outperform Votes 29 59.18%	Underperform Votes 20 40.82%
The European Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 59 67.05%	Underperform Votes 29 32.95%

Does the media prefer IGV or TRG?

In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT had 1 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Income & Growth VCT and 0 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Income & Growth VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Income & Growth VCT	Positive
The European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Is IGV or TRG more profitable?

Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 73.70% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 7.65% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Income & Growth VCT	73.70%	7.65%	4.76%
The European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IGV or TRG?

Income & Growth VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The European Smaller Companies Trust. The European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Income & Growth VCT, 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
Income & Growth VCT	£12.36M	14.27	£9.11M	£0.04	1,650.00
The European Smaller Companies Trust	£340.08M	2.06	N/A	£82.00	2.13

Is IGV or TRG a better dividend stock?

Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Income & Growth VCT pays out 25,000.0% 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 European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Income & Growth VCT beats The European Smaller Companies Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.