MNP vs. ICGT, SLS, TRG, ESCT, GSCT, VOF, SDP, PEY, APAX, and BGFD
Should you be buying Martin Currie Global Portfolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Currie Global Portfolio include ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio vs.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a net margin of 85.73% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity of 6.27% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.
ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. Martin Currie Global Portfolio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio received 62 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Martin Currie Global Portfolio an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.
10.5% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Martin Currie Global Portfolio. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
ICG Enterprise Trust beats Martin Currie Global Portfolio on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MNP) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
