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London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

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GBX 70 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 05/1/2025

LFI vs. CHI, AMAT, CRWN, GOT, EPG, VIP, NSI, MAV4, LSAA, and BEMO

Should you be buying London Finance & Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Finance & Investment Group include CT UK High Income Trust (CHI), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), Crown Place VCT (CRWN), Global Opportunities Trust (GOT), EP Global Opportunities Trust (EPG), Value and Indexed Property Income (VIP), New Star Investment Trust (NSI), Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 (MAV4), Life Settlement Assets A (LSAA), and Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

London Finance & Investment Group vs.

CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHI) and London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

CT UK High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than London Finance & Investment Group. London Finance & Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK High Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CT UK High Income Trust£13.28M6.53£11.22M£0.101,040.50
London Finance & Investment Group£1.69M12.93£1.38M£0.14500.00

CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. London Finance & Investment Group pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 90.10% compared to CT UK High Income Trust's net margin of 84.52%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 19.12% beat CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CT UK High Income Trust84.52% 10.59% 6.32%
London Finance & Investment Group 90.10%19.12%2.39%

CT UK High Income Trust has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CT UK High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled London Finance & Investment Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
CT UK High Income Trust Neutral
London Finance & Investment Group Neutral

London Finance & Investment Group received 42 more outperform votes than CT UK High Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CT UK High Income TrustN/AN/A
London Finance & Investment GroupOutperform Votes
42
61.76%
Underperform Votes
26
38.24%

51.6% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CT UK High Income Trust and London Finance & Investment Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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LFI vs. The Competition

MetricLondon Finance & Investment GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£21.85M£1.19B£5.29B£2.64B
Dividend Yield1.78%4.40%4.18%4.83%
P/E Ratio500.0021.2712.82134.99
Price / Sales12.932,310.641,680.50223,134.40
Price / Cash0.7860.4649.7228.20
Price / Book0.981.141.343.86
Net Income£1.38M£263.32M£1.16B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.42%-0.03%3.62%
1 Month Performance-0.78%17.89%10.67%25.08%
1 Year Performance53.51%2.29%12.18%123.57%

London Finance & Investment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFI
London Finance & Investment Group
N/AGBX 70
flat
N/AN/A£21.85M£1.69M500.004
CHI
CT UK High Income Trust
N/AGBX 104.05
-1.8%
N/A+9.0%£86.69M£13.28M1,040.50N/ADividend Announcement
AMAT
Amati AIM VCT
N/AGBX 59
flat
N/A-28.0%£86.61M£-5,647,748.73-8.1133,000
CRWN
Crown Place VCT
N/AGBX 28.40
-2.4%
N/A-0.8%£86.36M£4.57M37.33N/AGap Down
GOT
Global Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 292.60
-5.0%
N/A-5.3%£85.50M£6.53M1,540.001News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
EPG
EP Global Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.16M£7.42M20.43N/A
VIP
Value and Indexed Property Income
N/AGBX 194.50
-2.3%
N/A+2.4%£83.33M£5.78M19.84770News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NSI
New Star Investment Trust
N/AGBX 104
+3.0%
N/A-10.3%£79.26M£16.99M5.40N/AGap Up
MAV4
Maven Income and Growth VCT 4
N/AGBX 54
-1.8%
N/A-5.3%£79.26M£4.20M59.55N/A
LSAA
Life Settlement Assets A
N/AGBX 1.75
flat
N/AN/A£79.05M£1.51B12.52N/A
BEMO
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities
N/AGBX 660
+1.5%
N/A+20.8%£78.73M£13.48M6.31N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:LFI) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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