Kelso Group (KLSO) Competitors GBX 1.95 +0.05 (+2.63%) As of 04/25/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsBuy This Stock KLSO vs. CIP, PGIT, DNE, ADAM, VENC, ELTA, CLP, VEN, PBLT, and GV2OShould you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include CIP Merchant Capital (CIP), Premier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L) (PGIT), Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE), Jade Road Investments (ADAM), Ventus VCT C (VENC), Electra Private Equity (ELTA), Clear Leisure (CLP), Ventus VCT (VEN), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (PBLT), and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 (GV2O). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Kelso Group vs. CIP Merchant Capital Premier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L) Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust Jade Road Investments Ventus VCT C Electra Private Equity Clear Leisure Ventus VCT TOC Property Backed Lending Trust Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) and CIP Merchant Capital (LON:CIP) 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 earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KLSO or CIP? 5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.7% of Kelso Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KLSO or CIP? CIP Merchant Capital received 9 more outperform votes than Kelso Group when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKelso GroupN/AN/ACIP Merchant CapitalOutperform Votes969.23% Underperform Votes430.77% Which has better earnings & valuation, KLSO or CIP? Kelso Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CIP Merchant Capital. CIP Merchant Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelso Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKelso Group£3.54M2.12£2.11M£0.533.65CIP Merchant Capital£8.87M0.00N/A£13.70N/A Is KLSO or CIP more profitable? Kelso Group has a net margin of 59.53% compared to CIP Merchant Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Kelso Group's return on equity of 39.51% beat CIP Merchant Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Kelso Group59.53% 39.51% -0.99% CIP Merchant Capital N/A N/A N/A Does the media favor KLSO or CIP? In the previous week, Kelso Group had 1 more articles in the media than CIP Merchant Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kelso Group and 0 mentions for CIP Merchant Capital. Kelso Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat CIP Merchant Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Kelso Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Kelso Group Positive CIP Merchant Capital Neutral SummaryKelso Group beats CIP Merchant Capital on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Kelso Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KLSO 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 KLSO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKelso GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£7.51M£1.14B£3.82B£2.56BDividend YieldN/A4.45%4.21%4.84%P/E Ratio3.6521.1212.96132.21Price / Sales2.122,328.431,731.78241,113.65Price / CashN/A61.4750.5928.31Price / Book0.731.113.394.53Net Income£2.11M£262.24M£1.18B£5.86B7 Day Performance8.33%2.03%8.88%8.59%1 Month Performance-10.88%4.32%9.46%6.35%1 Year Performance-30.36%2.34%10.49%103.28% Kelso Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KLSOKelso GroupN/AGBX 1.95+2.6%N/A-35.1%£7.51M£3.54M3.65N/AEarnings ReportPositive NewsGap UpCIPCIP Merchant CapitalN/AN/AN/AN/A£27.50M£8.87M3.65N/AGap DownPGITPremier Global Infrastructure Trust PLC (PGIT.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.23M£-2,538,000.00-3.56N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeDNEDunedin Enterprise Investment TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£26.15M£1.99M16.72N/AADAMJade Road InvestmentsN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.17MN/A-7.21N/AVENCVentus VCT CN/AN/AN/AN/A£25.00M£8.35M3.91N/AGap DownELTAElectra Private EquityN/AN/AN/AN/A£24.87M£57.60M0.451CLPClear LeisureN/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39,000.00-13.504Gap UpVENVentus VCTN/AN/AN/AN/A£23.81M£9.80M3.16450Gap UpHigh Trading VolumePBLTTOC Property Backed Lending TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£23.16M£1.49M24.57314GV2OGresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2N/AGBX 35flatN/AN/A£22.96MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CIP Competitors PGIT Competitors DNE Competitors ADAM Competitors VENC Competitors ELTA Competitors CLP Competitors VEN Competitors PBLT Competitors GV2O 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:KLSO) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJames Altucher: Do not invest in AI unless…I made millions during the crypto boom. 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