Lowland (LWI) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and Lowland (LON:LWI) 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 institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JTC or LWI?

74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lowland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, JTC or LWI?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowland has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JTC or LWI more profitable?

Lowland has a net margin of 92.30% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. Lowland's return on equity of 15.19% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
Lowland	92.30%	15.19%	4.63%

Does the media favor JTC or LWI?

In the previous week, JTC's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JTC	Neutral
Lowland	Neutral

Do analysts prefer JTC or LWI?

JTC currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,400, indicating a potential upside of 65.48%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than Lowland.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Lowland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JTC or LWI a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowland pays out 28.2% 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. Lowland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JTC or LWI?

Lowland has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JTC. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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
JTC	£291.42M	4.88	£29.99M	£17.83	47.45
Lowland	£58.88M	6.35	£54.35M	£21.31	6.88

Summary

JTC beats Lowland on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.