Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) Competitors

ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ICGT or LIO?

65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ICGT or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 325, indicating a potential downside of 12.52%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than ICG Enterprise Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICG Enterprise Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Liontrust Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is ICGT or LIO a better dividend stock?

ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.4%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 66.0% 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. Liontrust Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, ICGT or LIO?

ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ICGT or LIO?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Liontrust Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Liontrust Asset Management's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ICG Enterprise Trust	Very Positive
Liontrust Asset Management	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ICGT or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. Liontrust Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, 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
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	17.10	£32.56M	£50.08	29.39
Liontrust Asset Management	£195.53M	1.20	£68.85M	£109.13	3.40

Is ICGT or LIO more profitable?

ICG Enterprise Trust has a net margin of 58.54% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 35.21%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%
Liontrust Asset Management	35.21%	39.68%	5.02%

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.