Financial Services
City of London Investment Group PLC(CLIUF)
Live Price
Offline$5.80
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+29.18%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $270.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +5.2%
- EPS Growth
- +14.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 8.3%
Coverage: 253 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
City of London Investment Group PLC (CLIUF) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $270.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $5.80 and up 29.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +5.2%, EPS growth of +14.2%, a dividend yield of 8.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +5.2%, EPS +14.2%, free cash flow +18.6% with operating margin 33.0% and ROIC 10.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 8.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 14.3 and price/sales 4.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CLIUF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+5.2% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+33.0% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q2 2026 was reported on Apr 18, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +5.1%.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +5.2% and EPS at +14.2%, with operating margin around 33.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 8.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged 0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 Apr 18, 2026 | +5.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +13.7% |
Q4 2025 Dec 9, 2025 | +111.1% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Q4 2025 Nov 26, 2025 | -210.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
CLIUF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CLIUF leads SPY
CLIUF is 10.50 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
CLIUF had 9.13 pts shallower max drawdown than SPY.
CLIUF beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.
CLIUF
+29.18%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.68%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+10.50 pts
Relative to SPY
CLIUF Max Drawdown
0.00%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for CLIUF and SPY.
| Year | CLIUF | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +16.12% | +6.71% | +9.41 pts | CLIUF |
| 2025 | +11.25% | +11.19% | +0.05 pts | CLIUF |
Company Overview
City of London Investment Group PLC
OTC
City of London Investment Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based asset management company specializing in closed-end funds. It operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries: City of London Investment Management Company Limited (CLIM), which manages strategies in emerging markets, international equities, opportunistic value, and frontier markets primarily for institutional clients; and Karpus Investment Management (KIM), which delivers closed-end fund strategies across equities, fixed income, and other asset classes to wealth management clients in the United States. Founded with CLIM's inception in 1991 and KIM's in 1986, the group merged the subsidiaries in 2020 and listed publicly in 2006. It leverages proprietary technology and expertise to exploit market inefficiencies in underfollowed closed-end funds, providing discounted exposure to global markets, credit, infrastructure, and property. As of late 2024, funds under management stood at $9.9 billion, reflecting steady growth from $3.9 billion a decade earlier amid market volatility. The firm emphasizes long-term performance, with investment teams delivering strong absolute and relative returns across strategies. City of London Investment Group PLC plays a key role in the asset management sector by offering specialized solutions to institutional and retail investors seeking capital preservation and growth through overlooked opportunities in closed-end structures.
- Leadership
- Mr. James Cooper Abbott C.A.I.A., C.F.A., M.B.A.
- Employees
- 110
- Street Address
- 77 Gracechurch Street
- Mailing
- London, EC3V 0AS
- Region
- London, United Kingdom
- Last Updated
- May 8, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 14.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.0
- Price/Sales
- 4.0
- Price/Book
- 1.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +5.2%
- EPS
- +14.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +18.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 75.6%
- Operating Margin
- 33.0%
- Net Margin
- 26.9%
- ROE
- 12.3%
- ROIC
- 10.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.03
- Current Ratio
- 1.92
Ownership & Float
- Float
- 30.97M
- Insider Owned
- 46.0%
- Institutional Owned
- 27.0%
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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