LendInvest (LINV) Competitors

Jupiter Green (LON:JGC) and LendInvest (LON:LINV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to JGC or LINV?

In the previous week, Jupiter Green had 2 more articles in the media than LendInvest. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Jupiter Green and 0 mentions for LendInvest. LendInvest's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Jupiter Green'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Green	Neutral
LendInvest	Neutral

Is JGC or LINV a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Green pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. LendInvest pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. Jupiter Green pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LendInvest pays out -4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, JGC or LINV?

Jupiter Green has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendInvest has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JGC or LINV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jupiter Green	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LendInvest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JGC or LINV?

Jupiter Green has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LendInvest. Jupiter Green is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendInvest, 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
Jupiter Green	-£9.48M	-3.83	-£9.46M	-£0.01	-18,150.00
LendInvest	£35.20M	1.06	-£12.20M	-£0.11	-240.91

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JGC or LINV?

Jupiter Green received 56 more outperform votes than LendInvest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave LendInvest an outperform vote while only 71.26% of users gave Jupiter Green an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jupiter Green	Outperform Votes 62 71.26%	Underperform Votes 25 28.74%
LendInvest	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is JGC or LINV more profitable?

Jupiter Green has a net margin of -30.16% compared to Jupiter Green's net margin of -34.66%. LendInvest's return on equity of -0.27% beat Jupiter Green's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jupiter Green	-30.16%	-0.27%	-0.44%
LendInvest	-34.66%	-19.11%	-1.07%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JGC or LINV?

20.1% of Jupiter Green shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of LendInvest shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of Jupiter Green shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.2% of LendInvest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jupiter Green beats LendInvest on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.