Athelney Trust (ATY) Competitors

Athelney Trust (LON:ATY) and LMS Capital (LON:LMS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATY or LMS?

Athelney Trust received 20 more outperform votes than LMS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 66.18% of users gave Athelney Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Athelney Trust	Outperform Votes 90 66.18%	Underperform Votes 46 33.82%
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATY or LMS?

Athelney Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LMS Capital. Athelney Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LMS Capital, 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
Athelney Trust	-£1.88M	-1.95	-£2.02M	-£0.09	-1,888.89
LMS Capital	-£5.30M	-2.65	-£7.43M	-£0.09	-193.28

Is ATY or LMS more profitable?

Athelney Trust's return on equity of -4.41% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Athelney Trust	N/A	-4.41%	-2.72%
LMS Capital	N/A	-18.33%	-7.08%

Is ATY or LMS a better dividend stock?

Athelney Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Athelney Trust pays out -11,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LMS Capital pays out -1,111.1% 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. Athelney Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to ATY or LMS?

In the previous week, Athelney Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LMS Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Athelney Trust	Neutral
LMS Capital	Neutral

Do analysts rate ATY or LMS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Athelney Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LMS Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, ATY or LMS?

Athelney Trust has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ATY or LMS?

15.8% of Athelney Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of LMS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.5% of Athelney Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Athelney Trust beats LMS Capital on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.