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LIO vs. EWG, SLS, TRG, BUR, and GCP

Should you buy Liontrust Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Liontrust Asset Management with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Liontrust Asset Management include European Wealth Group (EWG), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), The European Smaller Companies Trust (TRG), Burford Capital (BUR), and GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

How does Liontrust Asset Management compare to European Wealth Group?

European Wealth Group (LON:EWG) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

6.8% of European Wealth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 47.4% of European Wealth Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Liontrust Asset Management 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.

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than European Wealth Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for European Wealth Group. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat European Wealth Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
European Wealth Group Neutral
Liontrust Asset Management Positive

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of 7.14% compared to European Wealth Group's net margin of 0.00%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 8.74% beat European Wealth Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
European Wealth GroupN/A N/A N/A
Liontrust Asset Management 7.14%8.74%5.02%

Liontrust Asset Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than European Wealth Group. Liontrust Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Wealth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
European Wealth Group£2.31B0.33N/A£0.29372.41
Liontrust Asset Management£134.38M1.50£68.85M£15.3922.13

European Wealth Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 16.67%. Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 364, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. Given European Wealth Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe European Wealth Group is more favorable than Liontrust Asset Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
European Wealth Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Liontrust Asset Management
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats European Wealth Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liontrust Asset Management compare to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust?

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (LON:SLS) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust Neutral
Liontrust Asset Management Positive

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of 7.14% compared to Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 8.74% beat Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies TrustN/A N/A N/A
Liontrust Asset Management 7.14%8.74%5.02%

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 364, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Liontrust Asset Management
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Liontrust Asset Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust£222.48M0.00N/A£217.40N/A
Liontrust Asset Management£134.38M1.50£68.85M£15.3922.13

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.7%. Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liontrust Asset Management compare to The European Smaller Companies Trust?

The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:TRG) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of 7.14% compared to The European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 8.74% beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The European Smaller Companies TrustN/A N/A N/A
Liontrust Asset Management 7.14%8.74%5.02%

The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.7%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 370.4% 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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The European Smaller Companies Trust. The European Smaller Companies 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The European Smaller Companies Trust£340.08M0.00N/A£82.00N/A
Liontrust Asset Management£134.38M1.50£68.85M£15.3922.13

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than The European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat The European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The European Smaller Companies Trust Neutral
Liontrust Asset Management Positive

42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus target price of GBX 364, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than The European Smaller Companies Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The European Smaller Companies Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Liontrust Asset Management
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats The European Smaller Companies Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liontrust Asset Management compare to Burford Capital?

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Liontrust Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of GBX 364, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 46.87%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Liontrust Asset Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liontrust Asset Management
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.7%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 12.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Burford Capital pays out -1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Burford Capital has a net margin of 17.12% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 7.14%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 8.74% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liontrust Asset Management7.14% 8.74% 5.02%
Burford Capital 17.12%2.49%10.28%

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liontrust Asset Management Positive
Burford Capital Neutral

Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liontrust Asset Management. Burford Capital 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liontrust Asset Management£134.38M1.50£68.85M£15.3922.13
Burford Capital-£1.54B-0.43£193.30M-£732.00N/A

Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.486, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 1.077, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats Burford Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liontrust Asset Management compare to GCP Infrastructure Investments?

GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.

GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.7%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 168.7% 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 370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

35.4% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a net margin of 47.75% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of 7.14%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 8.74% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GCP Infrastructure Investments47.75% 4.17% 0.89%
Liontrust Asset Management 7.14%8.74%5.02%

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.394, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.486, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, GCP Infrastructure Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Liontrust Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments and 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Liontrust Asset Management's score of 0.66 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GCP Infrastructure Investments
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liontrust Asset Management
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 364, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than GCP Infrastructure Investments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GCP Infrastructure Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Liontrust Asset Management
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Liontrust Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Infrastructure Investments. GCP Infrastructure Investments 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GCP Infrastructure Investments£38.32M17.45£15.58M£4.1519.95
Liontrust Asset Management£134.38M1.50£68.85M£15.3922.13

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats GCP Infrastructure Investments on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LIO vs. The Competition

MetricLiontrust Asset ManagementAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£201.49M£2.49B£6.20B£2.78B
Dividend Yield5.61%6.00%5.24%6.12%
P/E Ratio22.1362.7730.05368.59
Price / Sales1.501,843.401,775.3284,769.25
Price / Cash5.6160.50114.2027.89
Price / Book1.271.326.537.57
Net Income£68.85M£265.96M£1.13B£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.49%0.00%0.06%0.46%
1 Month Performance10.20%-0.09%0.07%-1.09%
1 Year Performance-5.68%7.66%15.56%62.60%

Liontrust Asset Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIO
Liontrust Asset Management
2.5726 of 5 stars
GBX 340.51
+0.7%
GBX 364
+6.9%
-7.4%£201.49M£134.38M22.13241
EWG
European Wealth Group
1.8477 of 5 stars
GBX 103.80
+1.2%
GBX 126
+21.4%
N/A£722.18M£2.31B357.93N/A
SLS
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£715.41M£222.48M3.3710
TRG
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701.52M£340.08M2.13N/A
BUR
Burford Capital
1.9641 of 5 stars
GBX 318
+1.6%
GBX 450
+41.5%
-70.8%£696.64M-£1.54BN/A140

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