BNKR vs. HL, PCT, ATST, ABDN, PHLL, 3IN, JGGI, BPT, RCP, and BUR
Should you be buying The Bankers Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Bankers Investment Trust include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Bankers Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.
0.5% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown 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.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.
The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out -137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Bankers Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than The Bankers Investment Trust. The Bankers Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BNKR) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
