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British & American Investment Trust (BAF) Competitors

GBX 17.80 +0.80 (+4.71%)
As of 07/31/2025 07:06 AM Eastern

BAF vs. LMS, FIPP, KRM, KZG, KWG, CIN, SVCT, SWC, EMVC, and KLSO

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), Frontier IP Group (FIPP), KRM22 (KRM), Kazera Global (KZG), Kingswood (KWG), City of London Group (CIN), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (SVCT), Summerway Capital (SWC), EMV Capital (EMVC), and Kelso Group (KLSO). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
British & American Investment Trust66.58% 21.96% -8.81%
LMS Capital -11.52%-12.31%-7.08%

In the previous week, British & American Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LMS Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
British & American Investment Trust Neutral
LMS Capital Neutral

British & American Investment Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

0.1% of British & American Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 69.7% of British & American Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

British & American Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
British & American Investment Trust£2.31M1.90£1.54M£6.342.81
LMS Capital£42.02M0.33-£4.84M-£6.00-2.83

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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BAF vs. The Competition

MetricBritish & American Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.38M£1.29B£6.33B£3.03B
Dividend Yield8.33%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio2.8122.3714.04176.75
Price / Sales1.902,540.331,847.24264,362.43
Price / Cash300.0060.70127.5327.97
Price / Book0.461.452.244.53
Net Income£1.54M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance11.53%-0.46%6.10%12.58%
1 Month Performance30.40%0.53%1.84%6.10%
1 Year Performance-14.42%6.39%19.34%71.59%

British & American Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAF
British & American Investment Trust
N/AGBX 17.80
+4.7%
N/A-22.6%£4.38M£2.31M2.817Gap Up
LMS
LMS Capital
N/AGBX 18
-5.0%
N/A-9.6%£14.53M£42.02M-3.009Gap Down
FIPP
Frontier IP Group
N/AGBX 21.45
+2.1%
N/A-38.2%£13.95M£416.02K-10.0721Gap Up
KRM
KRM22
N/AGBX 36.60
-3.7%
N/A+66.7%£13.87M£3.07M-5.7645Gap Up
KZG
Kazera Global
N/AGBX 1.47
-9.8%
N/A+289.1%£13.38M£5.83K-4.6029Gap Down
KWG
Kingswood
N/AGBX 1.94
+3.2%
N/A-85.2%£13.31M£202.63M-0.29421
CIN
City of London Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£11.94M£2.95M-0.5055
SVCT
Seneca Growth Capital VCT
N/AGBX 46
flat
N/AN/A£11.88M-£1.95M-5.43N/AHigh Trading Volume
SWC
Summerway Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/A£11.85MN/A-22.694Gap Down
EMVC
EMV Capital
N/AGBX 49.40
-0.2%
N/AN/A£11.83M£1.81M-411.6729High Trading Volume
KLSO
Kelso Group
N/AGBX 2.98
-0.7%
N/A-26.8%£11.47M£3.54M5.58N/AGap Up

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This page (LON:BAF) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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