Mineral & Financial Investments (MAFL) Competitors GBX 25 +1.00 (+4.17%) As of 06/13/2025 12:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock MAFL vs. STM, OFG, FWT, ALAI, JRS, ALM, VNC, HDIV, SDV, and CHIBShould you be buying Mineral & Financial Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mineral & Financial Investments include STM Group (STM), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Foresight Technology VCT (FWT), abrdn Latin American Income Fund (ALAI), JPMorgan Russian Securities (JRS), Allied Minds (ALM), Ventus VCT 2 C (VNC), Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV), Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV), and CT UK High Income Trust (CHIB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Mineral & Financial Investments vs. Its Competitors STM Group Octopus Future Generations VCT Foresight Technology VCT abrdn Latin American Income Fund JPMorgan Russian Securities Allied Minds Ventus VCT 2 C Henderson Diversified Income Chelverton UK Dividend Trust CT UK High Income Trust STM Group (LON:STM) and Mineral & Financial Investments (LON:MAFL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STM or MAFL? Mineral & Financial Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STM Group. STM Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mineral & Financial Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSTM Group£30.06M0.00£1.47M£0.02N/AMineral & Financial Investments£20.32K443.32£2.04M£5.824.30 Is STM or MAFL more profitable? Mineral & Financial Investments has a net margin of 10,025.00% compared to STM Group's net margin of 4.87%. Mineral & Financial Investments' return on equity of 19.22% beat STM Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets STM Group4.87% 4.17% 2.38% Mineral & Financial Investments 10,025.00%19.22%11.52% Which has more volatility & risk, STM or MAFL? STM Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mineral & Financial Investments has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor STM or MAFL? STM Group received 90 more outperform votes than Mineral & Financial Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.01% of users gave Mineral & Financial Investments an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave STM Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSTM GroupOutperform Votes20157.76% Underperform Votes14742.24% Mineral & Financial InvestmentsOutperform Votes11162.01% Underperform Votes6837.99% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STM or MAFL? 27.4% of STM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.5% of STM Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Mineral & Financial Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media refer more to STM or MAFL? In the previous week, STM Group and STM Group both had 1 articles in the media. Mineral & Financial Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat STM Group's score of -0.59 indicating that Mineral & Financial Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment STM Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Mineral & Financial Investments 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryMineral & Financial Investments beats STM Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Mineral & Financial Investments News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MAFL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MAFL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMineral & Financial InvestmentsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£9.01M£1.20B£5.64B£2.91BDividend Yield1.36%4.34%4.13%4.90%P/E Ratio4.3021.4612.64124.60Price / Sales443.322,411.701,720.93248,064.90Price / Cash0.8760.8149.9228.07Price / Book0.771.163.154.64Net Income£2.04M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B7 Day Performance0.60%11.90%5.91%6.60%1 Month Performance2.04%29.66%15.26%21.86%1 Year Performance104.92%5.33%14.57%77.96% Mineral & Financial Investments Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MAFLMineral & Financial InvestmentsN/AGBX 25+4.2%N/A+108.3%£9.01M£20.32K4.302STMSTM GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300OFGOctopus Future Generations VCTN/AGBX 84.50flatN/AN/A£34.75MN/A0.002,250High Trading VolumeFWTForesight Technology VCTN/AGBX 90flatN/A-22.0%£34.53M£281.25K1.49375Gap DownALAIabrdn Latin American Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/A£34.41M£2.70M1,506.25N/AJRSJPMorgan Russian SecuritiesN/AN/AN/AN/A£33.56M-£259.52M21.78N/AALMAllied MindsN/AN/AN/AN/A£33.54M£2.86M-2.6631Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeVNCVentus VCT 2 CN/AN/AN/AN/A£32.58M£9.47M4.08N/AGap UpHigh Trading VolumeHDIVHenderson Diversified IncomeN/AGBX 17.53-0.4%N/A+9.0%£31.91M-£30.19M-438.13N/ASDVChelverton UK Dividend TrustN/AGBX 137.30-2.3%N/A-15.2%£30.82M£10.66M3.49N/ACHIBCT UK High Income TrustN/AGBX 100.65+0.1%N/A+15.9%£30.66M£13.28M1,006.50N/ADividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies STM Group Competitors Octopus Future Generations VCT Competitors Foresight Technology VCT Competitors abrdn Latin American Income Fund Competitors JPMorgan Russian Securities Competitors Allied Minds Competitors Ventus VCT 2 C Competitors Henderson Diversified Income Competitors Chelverton UK Dividend Trust Competitors CT UK High Income Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:MAFL) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now?The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.Paradigm Press | SponsoredAn AI run of epic proportions is only getting startedI just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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