LMS vs. FEN, JEFI, MIG, NBDX, GPM, VEND, SBO, AAVC, ASTO, and ASCI
Should you be buying LMS Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LMS Capital include Frenkel Topping Group (FEN), Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust (JEFI), Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (MIG), NB Distressed Debt Inv Extended Life (NBDX), Golden Prospect Precious Metal (GPM), Ventus VCT D (VEND), Schroder British Opportunities (SBO), Albion VCT (AAVC), AssetCo (ASTO), and abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust (ASCI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
LMS Capital vs. Its Competitors
LMS Capital (LON:LMS) and Frenkel Topping Group (LON:FEN) 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, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Frenkel Topping Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. LMS Capital pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frenkel Topping Group pays out 233.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LMS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frenkel Topping Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Frenkel Topping Group has a net margin of 3.04% compared to LMS Capital's net margin of -11.52%. Frenkel Topping Group's return on equity of 2.53% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Frenkel Topping Group had 1 more articles in the media than LMS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Frenkel Topping Group and 0 mentions for LMS Capital. LMS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Frenkel Topping Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Frenkel Topping Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frenkel Topping Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Frenkel Topping Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Frenkel Topping Group beats LMS Capital on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:LMS) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
