LWDB vs. BRWM, CGT, EDIN, AGT, JMG, ATT, VEIL, FCSS, IEM, and N91
Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Capital Gearing (CGT), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Ninety One Group (N91). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and BlackRock World Mining Trust (LON:BRWM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Law Debenture has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock World Mining Trust has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
8.4% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Law Debenture has a net margin of 36.84% compared to BlackRock World Mining Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 3.99% beat BlackRock World Mining Trust's return on equity.
BlackRock World Mining Trust received 12 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave BlackRock World Mining Trust an outperform vote.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BlackRock World Mining Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Law Debenture. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock World Mining Trust and 1 mentions for Law Debenture. BlackRock World Mining Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.10 indicating that BlackRock World Mining Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Law Debenture pays out 11,851.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays out -8,292.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock World Mining Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Law Debenture beats BlackRock World Mining Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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