Income & Growth VCT (IGV) Competitors GBX 64.50 -1.50 (-2.27%) (As of 12/20/2024 11:48 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades IGV vs. TRG, APAX, VOF, SOI, OTV2, DGN, ESCT, SYNC, BRSC, and BGFDShould you be buying Income & Growth VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income & Growth VCT include The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Asia Dragon (DGN), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Syncona (SYNC), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Income & Growth VCT vs. The European Smaller Companies Trust Apax Global Alpha VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund Schroder Oriental Income Octopus Titan VCT Asia Dragon The European Smaller Companies Trust Syncona BlackRock Smaller Companies The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking. 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 15.5%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. 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. Does the media favor IGV or TRG? In the previous week, Income & Growth VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The European Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Income & Growth VCT Neutral The European Smaller Companies Trust Neutral Which has better 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIncome & Growth VCT£12.36M13.95£9.11M£0.041,612.50The European Smaller Companies Trust£340.08M0.00N/A£82.00N/A 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 VCT73.70% 7.65% 4.76% The European Smaller Companies Trust N/A N/A N/A 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIncome & Growth VCTOutperform Votes2959.18% Underperform Votes2040.82% The European Smaller Companies TrustOutperform Votes5967.05% Underperform Votes2932.95% SummaryIncome & Growth VCT and The European Smaller Companies Trust tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad ProsperityPubCrypto’s hidden gem + greatest crypto bull run in history = $$$?You don’t actually want to buy Bitcoin this time around. That’s because there’s a better way to take advantage of this new bull market… One market expert calls it Crypto’s Hidden Gem And it’s a new way that has given folks like you and me the chance to see bigger and faster moves than the traditional way of buying Bitcoin… That means if you’ve stayed away from Bitcoin and crypto because it's confusing or seems risky… This is a much safer and better approach to ride this years’ crypto bull run. Because believe it or not… The 2024 crypto bull run is one you DON’T want to miss.Click Here to get the full details about Crypto’s Hidden Gem 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 Media 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£172.42M£1.08B£3.73B£1.89BDividend Yield14.18%4.70%4.43%5.46%P/E Ratio1,612.50802.06418.741,846.95Price / Sales13.951,453.231,744.90390,245.05Price / Cash2.5464.8952.5328.65Price / Book0.871.141.372.79Net Income£9.11M£64.78M£361.47M£155.66M7 Day Performance-2.27%-1.95%-1.62%-2.02%1 Month Performance-0.77%-0.25%0.23%21.50%1 Year Performance-3.73%7.18%9.87%29.47% Income & Growth VCT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IGVIncome & Growth VCTN/AGBX 64.50-2.3%N/A-3.7%£172.42M£12.36M1,612.50N/AGap DownTRGThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 175-1.8%N/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/AAPAXApax Global AlphaN/AGBX 140.40+0.7%N/A-14.9%£689.50M£67.10M1,548.89N/AVOFVinaCapital Vietnam Opp FundN/AGBX 448.50-0.8%N/A+1.5%£674.90M£201.32M598.00125SOISchroder Oriental IncomeN/AGBX 275.75+0.3%N/A+9.1%£673.22M£-18,810,000.005,506.12180OTV2Octopus Titan VCTN/AGBX 43.50-1.8%N/A-33.1%£669.90M£-229,200,000.00-228.9530DGNAsia DragonN/AGBX 426-0.2%N/A+23.5%£666.78M£-36,340,000.00-1,016.67N/AESCTThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 168.80-0.9%N/A+4.3%£665.80M£97.50M811.43305Positive NewsSYNCSynconaN/AGBX 103.60+0.8%N/A-14.1%£660.90M£30.75M10,280.001,208BRSCBlackRock Smaller CompaniesN/AGBX 1,359.21-0.9%N/A-2.3%£640.19M£-25,360,000.00-1,998.84N/AHigh Trading VolumeBGFDThe Baillie Gifford Japan TrustN/AGBX 726+0.3%N/A+2.9%£633.94M£9.55M3,447.62N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Apax Global Alpha Competitors VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund Competitors Schroder Oriental Income Competitors Octopus Titan VCT Competitors Asia Dragon Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Syncona Competitors BlackRock Smaller Companies Competitors The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust 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 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. 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