MINI vs. ASTO, LIV, SBO, ESO, BSRT, NBMI, CLC, MIG3, RMMC, and CBA
Should you be buying Miton UK Microcap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Miton UK Microcap include AssetCo (ASTO), Livermore Investments (LIV), Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (NBMI), Calculus VCT (CLC), Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), and CEIBA Investments (CBA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Miton UK Microcap (LON:MINI) and AssetCo (LON:ASTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
Miton UK Microcap has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AssetCo. AssetCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Miton UK Microcap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Miton UK Microcap had 1 more articles in the media than AssetCo. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Miton UK Microcap and 0 mentions for AssetCo. Miton UK Microcap's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat AssetCo's score of 0.00 indicating that Miton UK Microcap is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Miton UK Microcap has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AssetCo's net margin of -178.24%. Miton UK Microcap's return on equity of 0.00% beat AssetCo's return on equity.
Miton UK Microcap pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AssetCo pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Miton UK Microcap pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AssetCo pays out -1,111.1% 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. AssetCo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Miton UK Microcap received 40 more outperform votes than AssetCo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.42% of users gave AssetCo an outperform vote while only 68.57% of users gave Miton UK Microcap an outperform vote.
46.1% of Miton UK Microcap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of AssetCo shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Miton UK Microcap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of AssetCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Miton UK Microcap and AssetCo tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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