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Manchester & London (MNL) Competitors

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GBX 870 +6.00 (+0.69%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

MNL vs. FCSS, TFG, FGT, BNKR, ASL, LWDB, JMG, IHP, FSV, and HRI

Should you be buying Manchester & London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester & London include Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Law Debenture (LWDB), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), IntegraFin (IHP), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and Herald (HRI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Manchester & London vs. Its Competitors

Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and Manchester & London (LON:MNL) 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Manchester & London shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Manchester & London shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Manchester & London. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manchester & London, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity China Special-£177.57M-7.78£997.06M£202.001.38
Manchester & London£125.20M2.77£120.05M£300.652.89

In the previous week, Manchester & London had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity China Special. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Manchester & London and 0 mentions for Fidelity China Special. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Manchester & London'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fidelity China Special Neutral
Manchester & London Neutral

Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Manchester & London pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manchester & London pays out 4.7% 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. Fidelity China Special is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Manchester & London has a net margin of 95.89% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Manchester & London's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidelity China Special-561.50% 83.04% N/A
Manchester & London 95.89%39.92%27.70%

Summary

Manchester & London beats Fidelity China Special on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MNL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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MNL vs. The Competition

MetricManchester & LondonAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£346.46M£1.31B£6.43B£3.02B
Dividend Yield2.05%4.38%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio2.8922.5114.07160.65
Price / Sales2.772,365.101,733.87278,114.26
Price / Cash2.9760.71128.3827.97
Price / Book1.051.231.964.70
Net Income£120.05M£264.35M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.36%0.05%0.46%0.40%
1 Month Performance12.99%1.38%2.74%7.20%
1 Year Performance23.58%6.40%23.61%70.37%

Manchester & London Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNL
Manchester & London
N/AGBX 870
+0.7%
N/A+23.6%£346.46M£125.20M2.89N/ANews Coverage
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 279.50
+1.5%
N/A+49.8%£1.38B-£177.57M1.38N/A
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 17.05
-0.3%
N/A+65.9%£1.38B£22.12B10.94N/A
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 925.68
+0.2%
N/A+9.8%£1.38B£101.41M15.20N/APositive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 122.80
+0.7%
N/A+8.0%£1.36B£231.92M6.22N/APositive News
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,576
+0.8%
N/A-2.6%£1.32B£226.05M5.18N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 990
-0.1%
N/A+10.8%£1.31B£203.87M9.21260News Coverage
Earnings Report
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 119.80
+1.0%
N/A+9.3%£1.27B£97.45M15.87N/ANews Coverage
IHP
IntegraFin
2.8548 of 5 stars
GBX 375.50
+1.3%
GBX 423.75
+12.8%
-1.4%£1.25B£138.65M23.813,520News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 374.50
+0.4%
N/A+14.0%£1.22B£237.18M5.4525,000Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,400
+0.4%
N/A+10.0%£1.21B£162.63M6.936,600News Coverage
Negative News
Earnings Report

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This page (LON:MNL) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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