LWDB vs. STJ, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, JGGI, HICL, BPT, ABDN, and TRIG
Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include St. James's Place (STJ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), abrdn (ABDN), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Law Debenture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Law Debenture and Law Debenture both had 1 articles in the media. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.20 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 784.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.08%. Given St. James' Place's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Law Debenture.
Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. St. James's Place pays out -140,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.03%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.
St. James's Place received 664 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave St. James's Place an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.
Summary
Law Debenture beats St. James's Place on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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