Diverse Income Trust (DIVI) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer DIVI or LWDB?

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Diverse Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Diverse Income Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Diverse Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diverse Income Trust	Neutral
Law Debenture	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DIVI or LWDB?

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than Diverse Income Trust. Diverse Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, 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
Diverse Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	-£0.18	-506.67
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.84	£140.61M	£1.08	829.63

Is DIVI or LWDB more profitable?

Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to Diverse Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat Diverse Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diverse Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DIVI or LWDB?

53.9% of Diverse Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Diverse Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DIVI or LWDB a better dividend stock?

Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diverse Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DIVI or LWDB?

Diverse Income Trust received 44 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.96% of users gave Diverse Income Trust an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diverse Income Trust	Outperform Votes 123 67.96%	Underperform Votes 58 32.04%
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%

Do analysts recommend DIVI or LWDB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diverse Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Law Debenture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Law Debenture beats Diverse Income Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.