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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 442 +8.00 (+1.84%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:37 AM Eastern

BOOK vs. BPCR, JPE, BBGI, TMPL, ICGT, APAX, OCI, RICA, IEM, and SAIN

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include BioPharma Credit (BPCR), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Temple Bar (TMPL), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Scottish American Investment (SAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Literacy Capital vs. Its Competitors

BioPharma Credit (LON:BPCR) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Literacy Capital had 1 more articles in the media than BioPharma Credit. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Literacy Capital and 0 mentions for BioPharma Credit. Literacy Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat BioPharma Credit's score of 0.00 indicating that Literacy Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BioPharma Credit Neutral
Literacy Capital Very Positive

41.5% of BioPharma Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of BioPharma Credit 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BioPharma Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Literacy Capital. BioPharma Credit 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
BioPharma Credit£12.99B0.08£10.42B£0.099.89
Literacy Capital£10.97M23.45£6.99M£12.4135.62

BioPharma Credit has a net margin of 80.20% compared to Literacy Capital's net margin of 63.70%. BioPharma Credit's return on equity of 8.51% beat Literacy Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BioPharma Credit80.20% 8.51% 4.98%
Literacy Capital 63.70%2.42%39.07%

BioPharma Credit has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Literacy Capital beats BioPharma Credit on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOOK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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BOOK vs. The Competition

MetricLiteracy CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£257.31M£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio35.6222.3714.05176.75
Price / Sales23.452,540.331,847.24264,362.45
Price / Cash74.4060.7049.1427.97
Price / Book0.891.452.114.53
Net Income£6.99M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.90%-0.46%6.02%12.58%
1 Month Performance3.76%0.37%1.60%4.67%
1 Year Performance-13.76%6.30%19.60%72.88%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 442
+1.8%
N/A-11.6%£257.31M£10.97M35.626Positive News
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
N/AGBX 0.87
-0.5%
N/A-4.4%£1.03B£12.99B9.89N/A
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 138.50
flat
N/AN/A£984.71M£67.98M17.931,160
TMPL
Temple Bar
N/AGBX 343
flat
N/A+24.1%£981.26M£157.64M6.37N/ANews Coverage
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,500
+0.3%
N/A+16.5%£969.43M£55.63M29.95N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 164.26
+0.2%
N/A+8.9%£959.06M£9.05M278.68N/AHigh Trading Volume
OCI
Oakley Capital Investments
N/AGBX 540
+0.4%
N/A+4.9%£952.62M£99.08M10.82N/ANews Coverage
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 285
+0.2%
N/A+2.5%£917.06M£16.91M103.67N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 393.21
+0.1%
N/A+1.2%£912.84M£1.35M-97.81N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 519
-0.4%
N/A+0.8%£907.51M£75.38M10.41N/A

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This page (LON:BOOK) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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