Lowland (LWI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LWI or JTC?

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

Is LWI or JTC a better dividend stock?

Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lowland pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JTC pays out 67.3% 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 more risk & volatility, LWI or JTC?

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

Is LWI or JTC 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
Lowland	92.30%	15.19%	4.63%
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%

Does the media prefer LWI or JTC?

In the previous week, JTC had 1 more articles in the media than Lowland. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JTC and 0 mentions for Lowland. JTC's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lowland	Neutral
JTC	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LWI or JTC?

Lowland has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Lowland	£58.88M	6.35	£54.35M	£21.31	6.88
JTC	£291.42M	4.88	£29.99M	£17.83	47.45

Do analysts prefer LWI or JTC?

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

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

Summary

JTC beats Lowland on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.