Lument Finance Trust (LFT) Competitors $2.41 -0.04 (-1.63%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.44 +0.03 (+1.24%) As of 05/22/2025 07:25 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LFT vs. GAMI, PBT, APPS, FPI, ALTI, CHCT, CEP, ANSC, EQV, and PKSTShould you be buying Lument Finance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lument Finance Trust include GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT), Digital Turbine (APPS), Farmland Partners (FPI), AlTi Global (ALTI), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares (CEP), Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition (ANSC), EQV Ventures Acquisition (EQV), and Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Lument Finance Trust vs. GAMCO Investors Permian Basin Royalty Trust Digital Turbine Farmland Partners AlTi Global Community Healthcare Trust Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition EQV Ventures Acquisition Peakstone Realty Trust GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Does the media refer more to GAMI or LFT? In the previous week, GAMCO Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Lument Finance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GAMCO Investors and 0 mentions for Lument Finance Trust. Lument Finance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.25 indicating that Lument Finance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment GAMCO Investors Neutral Lument Finance Trust Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAMI or LFT? Lument Finance Trust received 115 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGAMCO InvestorsN/AN/ALument Finance TrustOutperform Votes11566.47% Underperform Votes5833.53% Which has better valuation and earnings, GAMI or LFT? GAMCO Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Lument Finance Trust. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lument Finance Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGAMCO Investors$231.40M2.30$64.46M$2.818.45Lument Finance Trust$31.09M4.06$19.72M$0.2111.48 Which has more risk & volatility, GAMI or LFT? GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lument Finance Trust has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GAMI or LFT? 3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Lument Finance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Lument Finance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is GAMI or LFT more profitable? GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to Lument Finance Trust's net margin of 18.19%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat Lument Finance Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets GAMCO Investors27.86% 36.01% 23.05% Lument Finance Trust 18.19%14.41%1.98% Do analysts recommend GAMI or LFT? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score GAMCO Investors 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Lument Finance Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is GAMI or LFT a better dividend stock? GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lument Finance Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lument Finance Trust pays out 152.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GAMCO Investors has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Lument Finance Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Lument Finance Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummaryGAMCO Investors beats Lument Finance Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lument Finance Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LFT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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 LFT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLument Finance TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$126.10M$6.84B$11.47B$19.30BDividend Yield12.95%6.71%5.45%3.83%P/E Ratio6.6960.0922.4234.53Price / Sales4.068.3127.6234.83Price / Cash7.0717.3217.6217.51Price / Book0.691.642.774.69Net Income$19.72M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.60%-3.35%-1.34%-2.43%1 Month Performance-8.50%1.08%5.24%6.27%1 Year Performance-3.60%2.86%538.04%5.78% Lument Finance Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LFTLument Finance Trust2.2316 of 5 stars$2.41-1.6%N/A-4.7%$126.10M$31.09M6.69600GAMIGAMCO InvestorsN/A$23.58+1.7%N/A-8.0%$529.14M$231.40M8.93170PBTPermian Basin Royalty Trust1.4798 of 5 stars$10.97flatN/A-15.0%$511.30M$27.11M14.06N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAPPSDigital Turbine1.1757 of 5 stars$4.64+0.4%$2.38-48.8%+89.3%$487.23M$483.58M-1.53840Upcoming EarningsGap UpFPIFarmland Partners1.7118 of 5 stars$10.53-0.2%N/A-2.0%$484.28M$56.49M10.5330News CoveragePositive NewsALTIAlTi Global0.3431 of 5 stars$3.36-2.3%N/A-33.1%$477.92M$214.09M-1.92490Analyst UpgradeCHCTCommunity Healthcare Trust4.2108 of 5 stars$16.77-0.2%$21.25+26.7%-32.4%$475.23M$116.53M-72.9130Positive NewsCEPCantor Equity Partners, Inc. Class A Ordinary SharesN/A$36.34+10.5%N/AN/A$465.15MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeANSCAgriculture & Natural Solutions AcquisitionN/A$10.74flatN/A+5.0%$463.16MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsEQVEQV Ventures AcquisitionN/A$10.38+0.5%N/AN/A$462.66MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumePKSTPeakstone Realty Trust2.1713 of 5 stars$12.44+0.2%$15.00+20.6%-11.1%$457.23M$225.82M-44.4335Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GAMCO Investors Alternatives Permian Basin Royalty Trust Alternatives Digital Turbine Alternatives Farmland Partners Alternatives AlTi Global Alternatives Community Healthcare Trust Alternatives Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. 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