CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK) Competitors

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (LON:CTUK) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CTUK or CTPE more profitable?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.69% compared to CT Private Equity Trust's net margin of 48.16%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's return on equity of 12.54% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	91.69%	12.54%	7.44%
CT Private Equity Trust	48.16%	2.68%	1.91%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTUK or CTPE?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust and CT Private Equity Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	N/A	N/A
CT Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CTUK or CTPE?

85.1% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CTUK or CTPE?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CTUK or CTPE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CT Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CTUK or CTPE?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity Trust, 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
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	£41.80M	8.18	£38.32M	£0.36	934.72
CT Private Equity Trust	£28.62M	11.52	£13.78M	£0.19	2,426.32

Is CTUK or CTPE a better dividend stock?

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 14,736.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer CTUK or CTPE?

In the previous week, CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust	Neutral
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Summary

CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust beats CT Private Equity Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.