HGT vs. SSON, PHLL, INPP, CTY, BUR, HICL, MNKS, TRIG, JGGI, and WWH
Should you be buying HgCapital Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HgCapital Trust include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Petershill Partners (PHLL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), City of London (CTY), Burford Capital (BUR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Monks (MNKS), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
HgCapital Trust received 110 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 90.06% compared to Smithson Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 10.52% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.
HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.0% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
HgCapital Trust beats Smithson Investment Trust on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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