LWI vs. BNKR, ASHM, BHMG, ASL, ATT, VEIL, HRI, JMG, IHP, and LWDB
Should you be buying Lowland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowland include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Ashmore Group (ASHM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Herald (HRI), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), IntegraFin (IHP), and Law Debenture (LWDB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Lowland (LON:LWI) 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 earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Lowland has a net margin of 92.09% compared to Lowland's net margin of 81.59%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.94% beat Lowland's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Lowland had 3 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lowland and 2 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. Lowland's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 0.50 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.3% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Lowland shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Lowland shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 4.6%. 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 3,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% 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.
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