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Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU) Competitors

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MTU vs. APAX, CORD, DGN, JII, GROW, ESCT, VOF, SOI, GCP, and BRSC

Should you be buying Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies include Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Asia Dragon (DGN), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Molten Ventures (GROW), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), and BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies vs.

Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Given Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is more favorable than Apax Global Alpha.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apax Global Alpha
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 1 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Apax Global Alpha's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of 0.36 indicating that Apax Global Alpha is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apax Global Alpha
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Apax Global Alpha received 7 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 67.26% of users gave Apax Global Alpha an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Apax Global AlphaOutperform Votes
76
67.26%
Underperform Votes
37
32.74%
Montanaro UK Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
69
68.32%
Underperform Votes
32
31.68%

Apax Global Alpha has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apax Global Alpha£67.10M10.32£53.48M£0.091,566.67
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies£20.32M0.00£17.92M£0.11N/A

Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share. Apax Global Alpha pays out 12,222.2% 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 pays out 4,545.5% 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 88.19% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 79.70%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 9.97% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apax Global Alpha79.70% 4.12% 2.57%
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies 88.19%9.97%5.77%

Summary

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats Apax Global Alpha on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTU vs. The Competition

MetricMontanaro UK Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£176.40M£862.97M£3.38B£1.55B
Dividend Yield4.36%13.56%4.51%11.36%
P/E Ratio958.06775.76412.651,694.29
Price / SalesN/A14,699.772,692.94224,516.63
Price / Cash16.2088.3150.4935.51
Price / BookN/A1.261.382.85
Net Income£17.92M£59.02M£346.15M£143.73M

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTU
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
N/AN/AN/A+22.0%£176.40M£20.32M958.06N/A
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 141.93
-0.6%
N/A-9.9%£696.99M£67.10M1,576.94N/A
CORD
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
N/AGBX 89.40
flat
N/A+39.7%£684.55M£102.87M894.00N/A
DGN
Asia Dragon
N/AGBX 435
-0.9%
N/A+30.9%£680.86M£-36,340,000.00-1,035.71N/AHigh Trading Volume
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 988
-0.4%
N/A+19.8%£678.76M£142.67M641.56N/APositive News
GROW
Molten Ventures
2.69 of 5 stars
GBX 366
-8.2%
GBX 580
+58.5%
+46.5%£678.45M£-47,800,000.00-1,742.8620
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 172
-0.3%
N/A+19.8%£678.42M£97.50M819.05305News Coverage
VOF
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund
N/AGBX 446.50
-0.8%
N/A-1.5%£671.89M£201.32M595.33125News Coverage
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
N/AGBX 273
-0.4%
N/A+13.9%£666.50M£-18,810,000.005,460.00180News Coverage
Positive News
GCP
GCP Infrastructure Investments
N/AGBX 76.80
-0.5%
N/A+18.4%£666.48M£26.98M-44.141,950News Coverage
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,403.50
-1.2%
N/A+18.7%£661.05M£-25,360,000.00-2,063.97N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:MTU) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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