London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) and Crystal Amber (LON:CRS) 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 profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is LFI or CRS more profitable?

Crystal Amber has a net margin of 90.42% compared to London Finance & Investment Group's net margin of 90.10%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 19.12% beat Crystal Amber's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
London Finance & Investment Group	90.10%	19.12%	2.39%
Crystal Amber	90.42%	11.18%	5.45%

Is LFI or CRS a better dividend stock?

London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crystal Amber pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.2%. 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. Crystal Amber pays out 367.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crystal Amber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LFI or CRS?

Crystal Amber has higher revenue and earnings than London Finance & Investment Group. Crystal Amber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Finance & Investment Group, 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
London Finance & Investment Group	£1.69M	12.93	£1.38M	£0.14	500.00
Crystal Amber	£10.58M	8.28	£9.56M	£13.59	9.16

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFI or CRS?

Crystal Amber received 1 more outperform votes than London Finance & Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Crystal Amber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
London Finance & Investment Group	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%
Crystal Amber	Outperform Votes 43 56.58%	Underperform Votes 33 43.42%

Does the media refer more to LFI or CRS?

In the previous week, London Finance & Investment Group had 1 more articles in the media than Crystal Amber. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for London Finance & Investment Group and 0 mentions for Crystal Amber. London Finance & Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crystal Amber'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
London Finance & Investment Group	Neutral
Crystal Amber	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LFI or CRS?

0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Crystal Amber shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Crystal Amber shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, LFI or CRS?

London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crystal Amber has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crystal Amber beats London Finance & Investment Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.