IPU vs. PHI, EOT, IPO, THRG, HONY, NAS, POLR, CGI, FSG, and JLEN
Should you be buying Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller include Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), IP Group (IPO), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Pollen Street (HONY), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Polar Capital (POLR), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Foresight Group (FSG), and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller vs.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (LON:IPU) and Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LON:PHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
57.8% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays out -6,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has a net margin of 63.44% compared to Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's net margin of 0.00%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.55% beat Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's return on equity.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller received 9 more outperform votes than Pacific Horizon Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Pacific Horizon Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller had 1 more articles in the media than Pacific Horizon Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller and 0 mentions for Pacific Horizon Investment Trust. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller beats Pacific Horizon Investment Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IPU) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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