Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT) Competitors

CION Investment (NYSE:CION) and Gabelli Multimedia Trust (NYSE:GGT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts rate CION or GGT?

CION Investment presently has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CION Investment is more favorable than Gabelli Multimedia Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CION Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Gabelli Multimedia Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CION or GGT?

32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Gabelli Multimedia Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CION Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Gabelli Multimedia Trust shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CION or GGT?

CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Gabelli Multimedia Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CION Investment	$252.43M	2.16	$33.90M	-$0.19	-55.11
Gabelli Multimedia Trust	$16.71M	8.36	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CION or GGT more profitable?

Gabelli Multimedia Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CION Investment's net margin of -4.57%. CION Investment's return on equity of 9.63% beat Gabelli Multimedia Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CION Investment	-4.57%	9.63%	4.00%
Gabelli Multimedia Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CION or GGT a better dividend stock?

CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Gabelli Multimedia Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.7%. CION Investment pays out -757.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CION Investment has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to CION or GGT?

In the previous week, CION Investment had 7 more articles in the media than Gabelli Multimedia Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CION Investment and 2 mentions for Gabelli Multimedia Trust. Gabelli Multimedia Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat CION Investment's score of 0.61 indicating that Gabelli Multimedia Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CION Investment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gabelli Multimedia Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CION or GGT?

CION Investment has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gabelli Multimedia Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CION Investment beats Gabelli Multimedia Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.