Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors GBX 64.51 -0.49 (-0.75%) As of 01/20/2025 10:03 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider Trades IGV vs. SLS, VOF, TRG, CORD, ESCT, JII, APAX, SOI, OTV2, and DGNShould you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), and Asia Dragon (DGN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Income & Growth VCT vs. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund The European Smaller Companies Trust Cordiant Digital Infrastructure The European Smaller Companies Trust JPMorgan Indian Apax Global Alpha Schroder Oriental Income Octopus Titan VCT Asia Dragon Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) and Income & Growth VCT (LON:IGV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLS or IGV? Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust received 51 more outperform votes than Income & Growth VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.12% of users gave Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Income & Growth VCT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStandard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustOutperform Votes8066.12% Underperform Votes4133.88% Income & Growth VCTOutperform Votes2959.18% Underperform Votes2040.82% Does the media prefer SLS or IGV? In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Income & Growth VCT and 0 mentions for Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Income & Growth VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Neutral Income & Growth VCT Very Positive Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SLS or IGV? Income & Growth VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStandard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust£222.48M0.00N/A£217.40N/AIncome & Growth VCT£12.36M13.95£9.11M£0.041,612.75 Is SLS or IGV a better dividend stock? Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Income & Growth VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Is SLS or IGV more profitable? Income & Growth VCT has a net margin of 73.70% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Income & Growth VCT's return on equity of 7.65% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Standard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/A N/A N/A Income & Growth VCT 73.70%7.65%4.76% SummaryIncome & Growth VCT beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies 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£172.44M£1.12B£3.87B£2.05BDividend Yield14.18%4.67%4.43%5.17%P/E Ratio1,612.75810.68429.431,931.84Price / Sales13.951,487.982,873.68397,059.81Price / Cash2.5466.0853.1729.27Price / Book0.871.181.913.09Net Income£9.11M£61.77M£439.94M£183.87M7 Day Performance1.59%0.99%1.48%1.55%1 Month Performance0.02%2.24%5.28%3.95%1 Year Performance-6.51%25.15%22.20%42.77% Income & Growth VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IGVIncome & Growth VCTN/AGBX 64.51-0.8%N/A-6.5%£172.44M£12.36M1,612.75N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSLSStandard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710VOFVinaCapital Vietnam Opp FundN/AGBX 467-0.3%N/A+5.0%£702.74M£201.32M622.67125Positive NewsTRGThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/ACORDCordiant Digital InfrastructureN/AGBX 90.20+0.9%N/A+21.0%£690.68M£102.87M902.00N/AESCTThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 175+0.6%N/A+14.5%£690.25M£97.50M833.33305Positive NewsJIIJPMorgan IndianN/AGBX 1,004-0.6%N/A+10.6%£689.75M£142.67M651.95N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAPAXApax Global AlphaN/AGBX 140+1.3%N/A-8.1%£687.54M£67.10M1,555.56N/ASOISchroder Oriental IncomeN/AGBX 277flatN/A+18.3%£676.27M£-18,810,000.005,540.00180Positive NewsOTV2Octopus Titan VCTN/AGBX 43.50flatN/AN/A£669.90M£-229,200,000.00-228.9530Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeDGNAsia DragonN/AGBX 410-0.2%N/A+26.7%£641.73M£-36,340,000.00-976.19N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Competitors VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors JPMorgan Indian Competitors Apax Global Alpha Competitors Schroder Oriental Income Competitors Octopus Titan VCT Competitors Asia Dragon Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:IGV) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’ is about to mint millionaires (again) with Stargate.This little-known project that Bill Gates has been quietly working on that’s about to unleash an AI breakthrou...Brownstone Research | SponsoredDid You See Trump’s Manhattan Project Bombshell?This secret document contains stunning details about Donald Trump’s very first order of business… the minute h...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredTrump currency shock imminentTrump's Quiet $1.9 Trillion Move Against the Fed A small army of Americans, with Trump's support, has launc...Stansberry Research | SponsoredJanuary 29th - the next big trading catalyst to watch Mark your calendar for January 29th. 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