Lowland (LWI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BNKR or LWI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Bankers Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Lowland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is BNKR or LWI a better dividend stock?

The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lowland pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lowland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BNKR or LWI more profitable?

Lowland has a net margin of 86.05% compared to The Bankers Investment Trust's net margin of 81.59%. Lowland's return on equity of 7.91% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Bankers Investment Trust	81.59%	4.79%	3.03%
Lowland	86.05%	7.91%	4.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNKR or LWI?

Lowland received 33 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Bankers Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 81 70.43%	Underperform Votes 34 29.57%
Lowland	Outperform Votes 114 65.52%	Underperform Votes 60 34.48%

Does the media prefer BNKR or LWI?

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Lowland. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 2 mentions for Lowland. Lowland's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 0.31 indicating that Lowland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Bankers Investment Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lowland	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BNKR or LWI?

The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Lowland. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, 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
The Bankers Investment Trust	£79.13M	16.77	£64.56M	£0.05	2,212.00
Lowland	£33.31M	10.46	£28.66M	£0.11	1,172.73

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

23.3% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lowland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BNKR or LWI?

The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowland has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lowland beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.