TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF) Competitors

The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) and TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (LON:SMIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is GSCT or SMIF more profitable?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	-3.48%	-1.80%
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GSCT or SMIF a better dividend stock?

The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund pays out -8,750.0% 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. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor GSCT or SMIF?

In the previous week, The Global Smaller Companies Trust had 4 more articles in the media than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Global Smaller Companies Trust and 0 mentions for TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund. The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Global Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	Positive
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GSCT or SMIF?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	-£19.63M	-41.95	-£28.39M	-£0.06	-2,723.33
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.08	-1,067.50

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GSCT or SMIF?

68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSCT or SMIF?

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund received 89 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Global Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund	Outperform Votes 89 68.46%	Underperform Votes 41 31.54%

Summary

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.