Lument Finance Trust (LFT) Competitors

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
Lument Finance Trust	Outperform Votes 115 66.47%	Underperform Votes 58 33.53%

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.30	$64.46M	$2.81	8.45
Lument Finance Trust	$31.09M	4.06	$19.72M	$0.21	11.48

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 Investors	27.86%	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)	0.00
Lument 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.

Summary

GAMCO Investors beats Lument Finance Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.