BAF vs. LMS, JTWO, VEN2, KZG, FIPP, KRM, CIN, SVCT, SWC, and KWG
Should you be buying British & American Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British & American Investment Trust include LMS Capital (LMS), J2 Acquisition (JTWO), Ventus 2 VCT (VEN2), Kazera Global (KZG), Frontier IP Group (FIPP), KRM22 (KRM), City of London Group (CIN), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (SVCT), Summerway Capital (SWC), and Kingswood (KWG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British & American Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
British & American Investment Trust (LON:BAF) and LMS Capital (LON:LMS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
British & American Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than British & American Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, British & American Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LMS Capital'saverage media sentiment score.
British & American Investment Trust has a net margin of 66.58% compared to LMS Capital's net margin of -11.52%. British & American Investment Trust's return on equity of 21.96% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.
British & American Investment Trust has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
British & American Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.7%. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. British & American Investment Trust pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LMS Capital pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
0.1% of British & American Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of LMS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.7% of British & American Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
British & American Investment Trust beats LMS Capital on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:BAF) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
