LMS Capital (LMS) Competitors

i(x) Net Zero (LON:IX) and LMS Capital (LON:LMS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer IX or LMS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
i(x) Net Zero	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LMS Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IX or LMS?

i(x) Net Zero has higher revenue and earnings than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i(x) Net Zero, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
i(x) Net Zero	£80.05M	0.20	£56.40M	£0.55	32.73
LMS Capital	-£1.54M	-9.72	-£3.73M	-£0.05	-371.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IX or LMS?

LMS Capital received 70 more outperform votes than i(x) Net Zero when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave i(x) Net Zero an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
i(x) Net Zero	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 10 100.00%
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IX or LMS?

36.0% of LMS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of i(x) Net Zero shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.1% of LMS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IX or LMS more profitable?

i(x) Net Zero has a net margin of 70.33% compared to i(x) Net Zero's net margin of 0.00%. LMS Capital's return on equity of 60.99% beat i(x) Net Zero's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
i(x) Net Zero	70.33%	60.99%	39.94%
LMS Capital	N/A	-8.42%	-3.49%

Which has more risk & volatility, IX or LMS?

i(x) Net Zero has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LMS Capital has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IX or LMS?

In the previous week, i(x) Net Zero had 3 more articles in the media than LMS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for i(x) Net Zero and 1 mentions for LMS Capital. LMS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat i(x) Net Zero's score of 0.00 indicating that i(x) Net Zero is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
i(x) Net Zero	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
LMS Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

i(x) Net Zero beats LMS Capital on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.