LMS Capital (LMS) Competitors

LMS Capital (LON:LMS) and Atlantis Japan Growth (LON:AJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LMS or AJG?

LMS Capital received 20 more outperform votes than Atlantis Japan Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 63.29% of users gave Atlantis Japan Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%
Atlantis Japan Growth	Outperform Votes 50 63.29%	Underperform Votes 29 36.71%

Is LMS or AJG more profitable?

Atlantis Japan Growth has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LMS Capital's net margin of -11.52%. Atlantis Japan Growth's return on equity of 0.00% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LMS Capital	-11.52%	-12.31%	-7.08%
Atlantis Japan Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LMS or AJG?

31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer LMS or AJG?

In the previous week, LMS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Atlantis Japan Growth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LMS Capital	Neutral
Atlantis Japan Growth	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LMS or AJG?

Atlantis Japan Growth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantis Japan Growth, 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
LMS Capital	£42.02M	0.40	-£4.84M	-£6.00	-3.43
Atlantis Japan Growth	£4.41M	0.00	N/A	£5.20	N/A

Is LMS or AJG a better dividend stock?

LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atlantis Japan Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share. LMS Capital pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantis Japan Growth pays out 2.1% 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. LMS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

LMS Capital beats Atlantis Japan Growth on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.