MNP vs. NCYF, DIVI, BGHS, RECI, BRFI, HHI, IIG, MTE, CCJI, and JUSC
Should you be buying Martin Currie Global Portfolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Currie Global Portfolio include CQS New City High Yield Fund (NCYF), Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JUSC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
CQS New City High Yield Fund (LON:NCYF) and Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has higher revenue and earnings than CQS New City High Yield Fund. Martin Currie Global Portfolio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS New City High Yield Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CQS New City High Yield Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
8.1% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a net margin of 91.62% compared to Martin Currie Global Portfolio's net margin of 76.66%. CQS New City High Yield Fund's return on equity of 10.30% beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity.
CQS New City High Yield Fund received 43 more outperform votes than Martin Currie Global Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.80% of users gave Martin Currie Global Portfolio an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave CQS New City High Yield Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Martin Currie Global Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat CQS New City High Yield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that CQS New City High Yield Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CQS New City High Yield Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CQS New City High Yield Fund pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays out 1,142.9% 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
Martin Currie Global Portfolio beats CQS New City High Yield Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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