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$2.41 -0.04 (-1.63%)
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LFT vs. GAMI, PBT, APPS, FPI, ALTI, CHCT, CEP, ANSC, EQV, and PKST

Should 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 (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.

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

Lument Finance Trust received 115 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GAMCO InvestorsN/AN/A
Lument Finance TrustOutperform Votes
115
66.47%
Underperform Votes
58
33.53%

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 Ratio
GAMCO Investors$231.40M2.30$64.46M$2.818.45
Lument Finance Trust$31.09M4.06$19.72M$0.2111.48

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.

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.

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%

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

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.

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LFT vs. The Competition

MetricLument Finance TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$126.10M$6.84B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield12.95%6.71%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio6.6960.0922.4234.53
Price / Sales4.068.3127.6234.83
Price / Cash7.0717.3217.6217.51
Price / Book0.691.642.774.69
Net Income$19.72M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFT
Lument Finance Trust
2.2316 of 5 stars
$2.41
-1.6%
N/A-4.7%$126.10M$31.09M6.69600
GAMI
GAMCO Investors
N/A$23.58
+1.7%
N/A-8.0%$529.14M$231.40M8.93170
PBT
Permian Basin Royalty Trust
1.4798 of 5 stars
$10.97
flat
N/A-15.0%$511.30M$27.11M14.06N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
APPS
Digital Turbine
1.1757 of 5 stars
$4.64
+0.4%
$2.38
-48.8%
+89.3%$487.23M$483.58M-1.53840Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FPI
Farmland Partners
1.7118 of 5 stars
$10.53
-0.2%
N/A-2.0%$484.28M$56.49M10.5330News Coverage
Positive News
ALTI
AlTi Global
0.3431 of 5 stars
$3.36
-2.3%
N/A-33.1%$477.92M$214.09M-1.92490Analyst Upgrade
CHCT
Community Healthcare Trust
4.2108 of 5 stars
$16.77
-0.2%
$21.25
+26.7%
-32.4%$475.23M$116.53M-72.9130Positive News
CEP
Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares
N/A$36.34
+10.5%
N/AN/A$465.15MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ANSC
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition
N/A$10.74
flat
N/A+5.0%$463.16MN/A0.00N/APositive News
EQV
EQV Ventures Acquisition
N/A$10.38
+0.5%
N/AN/A$462.66MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PKST
Peakstone Realty Trust
2.1713 of 5 stars
$12.44
+0.2%
$15.00
+20.6%
-11.1%$457.23M$225.82M-44.4335Positive News

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