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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 486.24 -11.76 (-2.36%)
(As of 04:06 AM ET)

BOOK vs. LWDB, VEIL, ASHM, EDIN, AGT, GSS, CGT, FSV, JPE, and TRY

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), and TR Property Investment Trust (TRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Literacy Capital vs.

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

In the previous week, Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Literacy Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture Neutral
Literacy Capital Neutral

Literacy Capital has a net margin of 71.36% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Literacy Capital's return on equity of 62.05% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Law Debenture69.85% 16.30% 8.76%
Literacy Capital 71.36%62.05%39.07%

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than Literacy Capital. Law Debenture 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
Law Debenture£201.31M5.91£140.61M£1.08838.89
Literacy Capital£29.26M10.00£20.88M£0.341,430.12

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.0% of Literacy Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Law Debenture received 79 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%
Literacy CapitalN/AN/A

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% 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.

Summary

Law Debenture and Literacy Capital tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BOOK vs. The Competition

MetricLiteracy CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£292.57M£831.70M£3.33B£1.43B
Dividend YieldN/A13.48%4.60%11.75%
P/E Ratio1,430.12764.53442.701,563.72
Price / Sales10.0013,843.373,087.82215,756.83
Price / Cash74.4080.0648.0932.90
Price / Book0.931.671.492.88
Net Income£20.88M£57.00M£397.86M£153.02M
7 Day Performance-5.71%12.34%14.27%8.95%
1 Month Performance6.17%15.81%17.37%16.98%
1 Year Performance2.15%12.23%18.43%24.46%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 486.24
-2.4%
N/A+5.5%£292.57M£29.26M1,430.126Gap Down
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 896
+0.8%
N/A+14.3%£1.18B£201.31M828.70260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 576
+1.1%
N/A+7.5%£1.17B£-195,880,000.00-626.09N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2724 of 5 stars
GBX 173.50
+1.4%
GBX 174
+0.3%
-3.0%£1.15B£186.80M1,239.29283
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 752
+0.7%
N/A+12.9%£1.12B£141.19M902.41N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240
+1.1%
N/A+16.4%£1.08B£137.36M857.14N/APositive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,805
+0.7%
N/A+7.2%£1.03B£-9,860,000.00-7,603.17N/APositive News
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 312.50
+0.3%
N/A+16.0%£1.01B£11.88M-31,250.0025,000News Coverage
Positive News
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 314
+1.8%
N/A+2.1%£996.48M£-528,720,000.00-178.4126Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
News Coverage

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