LIO vs. SAIN, MUT, JEO, APEO, VOF, SDP, ESCT, SLPE, TFIF, and MRCH
Should you be buying Liontrust Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liontrust Asset Management include Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), and The Merchants Trust (MRCH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Liontrust Asset Management vs. Its Competitors
Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and dividends.
Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 35.21%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 2 more articles in the media than Scottish American Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 1 mentions for Scottish American Investment. Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Liontrust Asset Management's score of 0.54 indicating that Scottish American Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.4% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Scottish American Investment pays out 264.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 274.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Scottish American Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liontrust Asset Management. Liontrust Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scottish American Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 321.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Scottish American Investment.
Summary
Liontrust Asset Management beats Scottish American Investment on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LIO) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
