Guinness VCT (GVCT) Competitors

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

Is LMS or GVCT more profitable?

Guinness VCT has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LMS Capital's net margin of -11.52%. Guinness VCT's return on equity of 0.00% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LMS Capital	-11.52%	-12.31%	-7.08%
Guinness VCT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer LMS or GVCT?

In the previous week, LMS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guinness VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LMS Capital	Neutral
Guinness VCT	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LMS or GVCT?

31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LMS or GVCT?

LMS Capital received 70 more outperform votes than Guinness VCT when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%
Guinness VCT	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, LMS or GVCT?

Guinness VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LMS Capital.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LMS Capital	£42.02M	0.39	-£4.84M	-£6.00	-3.40
Guinness VCT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

LMS Capital beats Guinness VCT on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.