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.
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
23.3% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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 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.
Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus target price of GBX 991.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than The Bankers Investment Trust.
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.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.59% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 40.05%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 45.80% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% 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. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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