Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) Competitors

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) and BlackRock World Mining Trust (LON:BRWM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media refer more to LIO or BRWM?

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock World Mining Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 1 mentions for BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Liontrust Asset Management's score of 1.35 indicating that BlackRock World Mining Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Liontrust Asset Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlackRock World Mining Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate LIO or BRWM?

Liontrust Asset Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 415, suggesting a potential upside of 12.47%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than BlackRock World Mining Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liontrust Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BlackRock World Mining Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LIO or BRWM more profitable?

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of 35.21% compared to BlackRock World Mining Trust's net margin of -153.65%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat BlackRock World Mining Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liontrust Asset Management	35.21%	39.68%	5.02%
BlackRock World Mining Trust	-153.65%	-1.19%	-0.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIO or BRWM?

Liontrust Asset Management received 317 more outperform votes than BlackRock World Mining Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.59% of users gave Liontrust Asset Management an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave BlackRock World Mining Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Liontrust Asset Management	Outperform Votes 408 74.59%	Underperform Votes 139 25.41%
BlackRock World Mining Trust	Outperform Votes 91 62.76%	Underperform Votes 54 37.24%

Is LIO or BRWM a better dividend stock?

Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.5%. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 66.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays out -486.4% 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 volatility and risk, LIO or BRWM?

Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock World Mining Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LIO or BRWM?

Liontrust Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liontrust Asset Management, 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
Liontrust Asset Management	£195.53M	1.19	£68.85M	£109.13	3.38
BlackRock World Mining Trust	£8.73M	107.98	-£13.42M	-£6.99	-70.46

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LIO or BRWM?

56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats BlackRock World Mining Trust on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.