BOOK vs. BRK, SJG, GSF, JAGI, LWI, GABI, SST, AIE, BRFI, and HINT
Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Lowland (LWI), GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI), The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (SST), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), and Henderson International Income (HINT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Brooks Macdonald Group (LON:BRK) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Brooks Macdonald Group received 303 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.
Brooks Macdonald Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brooks Macdonald Group had 1 more articles in the media than Literacy Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brooks Macdonald Group and 0 mentions for Literacy Capital. Literacy Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Brooks Macdonald Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Brooks Macdonald Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.7% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Brooks Macdonald Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.3% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Literacy Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brooks Macdonald Group. Literacy Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brooks Macdonald Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Literacy Capital has a net margin of 93.50% compared to Literacy Capital's net margin of 5.12%. Brooks Macdonald Group's return on equity of 62.05% beat Literacy Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Brooks Macdonald Group beats Literacy Capital on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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