SBSI vs. GCL, IVPG, MIG4, CHI, TV1, FEN, MAV4, VIP, AEET, and BEMO
Should you be buying Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust include Geiger Counter (GCL), Invesco Select Glo Eq (IVPG), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (MIG4), CT UK High Income Trust (CHI), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1), Frenkel Topping Group (FEN), Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 (MAV4), Value and Indexed Property Income Trust (VIP), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET), and Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Geiger Counter (LON:GCL) and Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (LON:SBSI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Geiger Counter has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Geiger Counter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust and 0 mentions for Geiger Counter. Geiger Counter's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Geiger Counter has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust. Geiger Counter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.1% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Geiger Counter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Geiger Counter has a net margin of 91.92% compared to Geiger Counter's net margin of 64.53%. Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust's return on equity of 30.41% beat Geiger Counter's return on equity.
Geiger Counter received 30 more outperform votes than Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Geiger Counter beats Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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