British & American Investment Trust (BAF) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to BAF or LMS?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAF or LMS?

LMS Capital received 36 more outperform votes than British & American Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave British & American Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
British & American Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 34 66.67%	Underperform Votes 17 33.33%
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Is BAF or LMS more profitable?

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 Trust	66.58%	21.96%	-8.81%
LMS Capital	-11.52%	-12.31%	-7.08%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BAF or LMS?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BAF or LMS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
British & American Investment Trust	£2.31M	1.46	£1.54M	£6.34	2.15
LMS Capital	£42.02M	0.39	-£4.84M	-£6.00	-3.40

Which has more volatility & risk, BAF or LMS?

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.

Is BAF or LMS a better dividend stock?

British & American Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 29.3%. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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.

Summary

British & American Investment Trust beats LMS Capital on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.