Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors GBX 60.50 -1.50 (-2.42%) As of 04/17/2025 10:18 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock IGV vs. SLPE, AGT.LN, TMPL, MUT, JESC, OCI, MRCH, IEM, BGSC, and ICGTShould you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), Temple Bar (TMPL), Murray Income Trust (MUT), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), and ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Income & Growth VCT vs. Standard Life Private Equity Trust AVI Global Trust Temple Bar Murray Income Trust JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust Oakley Capital Investments The Merchants Trust Impax Environmental Markets BMO Global Smaller Companies ICG Enterprise Trust Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IGV or SLPE? Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 109 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIncome & Growth VCTOutperform Votes2959.18% Underperform Votes2040.82% Standard Life Private Equity TrustOutperform Votes13869.70% Underperform Votes6030.30% Is IGV or SLPE a better dividend stock? Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Income & Growth VCT pays out 257.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Does the media favor IGV or SLPE? In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Standard Life Private Equity 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 Very Positive Standard Life Private Equity Trust Neutral Is IGV or SLPE more profitable? Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 71.12% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 5.16% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Income & Growth VCT71.12% 5.16% 4.76% Standard Life Private Equity Trust N/A N/A N/A Which has better valuation and earnings, IGV or SLPE? Income & Growth VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIncome & Growth VCT£17.88M11.08£12.71M£3.8815.58Standard Life Private Equity Trust£251.60M3.45N/A£155.203.64 SummaryIncome & Growth VCT beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Income & Growth VCT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IGV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IGV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricIncome & Growth VCTAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£198.06M£1.10B£3.69B£2.51BDividend Yield9.68%4.36%4.15%4.79%P/E Ratio15.5823.5713.96130.40Price / Sales11.082,228.241,654.46234,760.40Price / Cash2.5460.9950.4028.32Price / Book0.821.103.344.43Net Income£12.71M£261.75M£1.24B£5.89B1 Month Performance-6.92%1.31%0.35%-1.34%1 Year Performance-13.57%1.64%14.75%41.47% Income & Growth VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IGVIncome & Growth VCTN/AGBX 60.50-2.4%N/A-13.6%£198.06M£17.88M15.58N/APositive NewsGap DownSLPEStandard Life Private Equity TrustN/AGBX 534+3.1%N/A+1.5%£821.00M£251.60M3.44N/AGap UpAGT.LNAVI Global TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading VolumeTMPLTemple BarN/AGBX 284+2.2%N/A+14.7%£812.47M£157.64M5.27N/AMUTMurray Income TrustN/AGBX 813+1.6%N/A-2.8%£812.25M£97.96M8.96147,000Dividend CutPositive NewsJESCJPMorgan European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/AOCIOakley Capital InvestmentsN/AGBX 449-0.4%N/A-4.5%£792.08M£99.08M9.00N/AMRCHThe Merchants TrustN/AGBX 528+2.1%N/A-1.5%£785.30M£119.93M7.21N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsIEMImpax Environmental MarketsN/AGBX 333.99+0.3%N/A-14.2%£775.36M£1.35M-83.08N/ABGSCBMO Global Smaller CompaniesN/AN/AN/AN/A£769.56M£303.85M2.77N/AICGTICG Enterprise TrustN/AGBX 1,178+1.4%N/A-3.2%£761.32M£55.63M23.52N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Standard Life Private Equity Trust Competitors AVI Global Trust Competitors Temple Bar Competitors Murray Income Trust Competitors JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Oakley Capital Investments Competitors The Merchants Trust Competitors Impax Environmental Markets Competitors BMO Global Smaller Companies Competitors ICG Enterprise Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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