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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 422.10 -1.90 (-0.45%)
As of 05/23/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

BOOK vs. JFJ, ASHM, BRWM, SAIN, RICA, CGT, JEO, TMPL, APEO, and IEM

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), Ashmore Group (ASHM), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Temple Bar (TMPL), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Literacy Capital vs.

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.0% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

JPMorgan Japanese received 63 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
JPMorgan JapaneseOutperform Votes
63
73.26%
Underperform Votes
23
26.74%
Literacy CapitalN/AN/A

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than Literacy Capital. JPMorgan Japanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Literacy Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Japanese£198.16M4.99£194.81M£118.415.08
Literacy Capital£10.97M22.40£6.99M£12.4134.01

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to Literacy Capital's net margin of 63.70%. JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity of 19.70% beat Literacy Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese98.31% 19.70% 8.06%
Literacy Capital 63.70%2.42%39.07%

In the previous week, Literacy Capital had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Japanese. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Literacy Capital and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese. JPMorgan Japanese's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Literacy Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese Neutral
Literacy Capital Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Literacy Capital on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BOOK vs. The Competition

MetricLiteracy CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£245.72M£1.19B£5.30B£2.65B
Dividend YieldN/A4.33%4.13%4.79%
P/E Ratio34.0121.2712.81135.12
Price / Sales22.402,317.471,684.19223,317.49
Price / Cash74.4060.4649.7228.22
Price / Book0.851.151.353.87
Net Income£6.99M£263.41M£1.16B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.55%-0.42%-0.03%3.63%
1 Month Performance14.08%17.93%10.69%25.11%
1 Year Performance-19.22%2.32%12.20%123.68%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 422.10
-0.4%
N/A-20.1%£245.72M£10.97M34.016Positive News
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 608
+0.3%
N/A+17.1%£998.59M£198.16M5.13N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
1.3307 of 5 stars
GBX 147.14
+1.2%
GBX 174
+18.3%
-26.9%£986.03M£199.65M10.43283
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 480
-0.4%
N/A-17.6%£919.23M£8.73M-68.67147,000News Coverage
Positive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 515
+0.2%
N/A-2.2%£900.51M£75.38M10.33N/A
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 279
+0.2%
N/A+1.4%£897.75M£16.91M101.49N/APositive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,805
-0.2%
N/A+1.5%£893.61M£17.92M19.54N/APositive News
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M£-62,326,000.00-12.93N/A
TMPL
Temple Bar
N/AGBX 309.35
+0.3%
N/A+15.4%£884.99M£157.64M5.74N/A
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 375
-0.9%
N/A-8.4%£870.56M£1.35M-93.28N/ANews Coverage

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