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Lowland (LWI) Competitors

GBX 148 +0.50 (+0.34%)
As of 09/12/2025 12:31 PM Eastern

LWI vs. BNKR, VEIL, ASL, JMG, FSV, FGT, HRI, BRWM, EDIN, and JFJ

Should you be buying Lowland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowland include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Herald (HRI), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), and JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Lowland vs. Its Competitors

Lowland (LON:LWI) and The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Lowland has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Lowland pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out -137.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to Lowland's net margin of 92.30%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.93% beat Lowland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lowland92.30% 15.19% 4.63%
The Bankers Investment Trust 94.23%15.93%6.13%

1.0% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lowland shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Lowland. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Lowland. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lowland Neutral
The Bankers Investment Trust Very Positive

The Bankers Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lowland. The Bankers Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lowland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lowland£18.79M17.33£54.35M£0.062,287.48
The Bankers Investment Trust-£16.26M-79.77£218.53M-£0.02-6,448.98

Summary

Lowland beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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LWI vs. The Competition

MetricLowlandAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£325.56M£1.43B£6.38B£2.58B
Dividend Yield4.49%4.58%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,287.484,757.631,776.405,410.64
Price / Sales17.331,961.841,352.3296,691.09
Price / Cash108.6460.62127.4727.93
Price / Book1.031.362.067.76
Net Income£54.35M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.02%13.26%7.02%6.47%
1 Month Performance1.37%13.27%7.46%55.91%
1 Year Performance14.73%8.42%30.83%147.81%

Lowland Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWI
Lowland
N/AGBX 148
+0.3%
N/A+15.2%£325.56M£18.79M2,287.48N/A
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 126.40
+0.3%
N/A+14.9%£1.30B-£16.26M-6,448.98N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 748
+0.5%
N/A+29.9%£1.26B£179.53M831.11N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,544
-0.1%
N/A-1.0%£1.25B£68.05M1,936.05N/APositive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 125
+0.3%
N/A+17.9%£1.24B£89.04M1,783.17N/ANews Coverage
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 380
-0.1%
N/A+19.9%£1.23B£206.83M600.4125,000
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 867.64
0.0%
N/A+1.5%£1.18B£40.93M3,498.55N/APositive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,400
flat
N/A+16.8%£1.18B£34.06M3,509.806,600
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 626
+1.8%
N/A+30.0%£1.17B-£115.12M-997.61147,000Positive News
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 803
-0.2%
N/A+7.1%£1.14B£86.82M1,391.20N/APositive News
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 688.32
+0.0%
N/A+28.9%£1.11B£53.11M2,012.05N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:LWI) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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