MTU vs. GCP, OTV2, SOI, HET, P2P, PCFT, EWI, JII, SCAM, and FEML
Should you be buying Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies include GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Henderson European Trust (HET), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Scottish American Investment (SCAM), and Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies vs.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) 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 earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 402.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.
GCP Infrastructure Investments received 19 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave GCP Infrastructure Investments an outperform vote.
78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GCP Infrastructure Investments. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 0 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats GCP Infrastructure Investments on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MTU) was last updated on 3/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
