The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HL or BNKR?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than The Bankers Investment Trust. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers 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
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	0.00	£293.20M	£0.62	N/A
The Bankers Investment Trust	£231.92M	5.90	£218.53M	£19.74	6.26

Which has more risk and volatility, HL or BNKR?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HL or BNKR?

Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than The Bankers Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
The Bankers Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HL or BNKR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%
The Bankers Investment Trust	94.23%	15.93%	6.13%

Does the media favor HL or BNKR?

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 1.14 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	Positive
The Bankers Investment Trust	Very Positive

Is HL or BNKR a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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 pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Bankers Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HL or BNKR?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.