BNKR vs. HL, FCIT, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, EMG, STJ, and ABDN
Should you be buying The Bankers Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Bankers Investment Trust include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), St. James's Place (STJ), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown had 4 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown and 0 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hargreaves Lansdown received 322 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 47.75% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.
Hargreaves Lansdown presently has a consensus target price of GBX 991.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given The Bankers Investment Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than The Bankers Investment Trust.
Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than The Bankers Investment Trust. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.59% compared to The Bankers Investment Trust's net margin of 40.05%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 45.80% beat Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity.
56.5% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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