CTY vs. CLDN, HGT, SSON, WWH, PHLL, BPT, MRC, JAM, TEM, and HVPE
Should you be buying City of London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City of London include Caledonia Investments (CLDN), HgCapital Trust (HGT), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Mercantile (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and City of London (LON:CTY) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, City of London had 30 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for City of London and 1 mentions for Caledonia Investments. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Caledonia Investments' score of 0.29 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
City of London has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.6% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Caledonia Investments received 74 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.
Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to City of London's net margin of 75.54%. Caledonia Investments' return on equity of 6.52% beat City of London's return on equity.
Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Caledonia Investments pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City of London pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
City of London beats Caledonia Investments on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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