MNL vs. TFG, FCSS, BNKR, LWDB, FGT, ASL, JMG, FSV, HRI, and ASHM
Should you be buying Manchester & London stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester & London include Tetragon Financial (TFG), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Law Debenture (LWDB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Herald (HRI), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Manchester & London vs. Its Competitors
Tetragon Financial (LON:TFG) and Manchester & London (LON:MNL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Tetragon Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 252.9%. Manchester & London pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Tetragon Financial pays out 2,822.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manchester & London pays out 4.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Tetragon Financial has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester & London has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tetragon Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Manchester & London. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tetragon Financial and 1 mentions for Manchester & London. Manchester & London's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Tetragon Financial's score of 0.28 indicating that Manchester & London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tetragon Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester & London. Manchester & London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetragon Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manchester & London has a net margin of 95.89% compared to Tetragon Financial's net margin of 57.23%. Manchester & London's return on equity of 39.92% beat Tetragon Financial's return on equity.
3.2% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Manchester & London shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Manchester & London shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Manchester & London beats Tetragon Financial on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:MNL) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff