BAF vs. LFI, TPVE, YOLO, FFWD, JPEL, JTWO, VEN2, FIPP, KZG, and PMGR
Should you be buying British & American Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of British & American Investment Trust include London Finance & Investment Group (LFI), Triple Point Income VCT Plc E (TPVE), Yolo Leisure and Technology (YOLO), Fastforward Innovations (FFWD), JPEL Private Equity (JPEL), J2 Acquisition (JTWO), Ventus 2 VCT (VEN2), Frontier IP Group (FIPP), Kazera Global (KZG), and Premier Miton Glb Renewables Trust (PMGR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
British & American Investment Trust vs.
London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) and British & American Investment Trust (LON:BAF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 90.10% compared to British & American Investment Trust's net margin of 66.58%. British & American Investment Trust's return on equity of 21.96% beat London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity.
London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. British & American Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.3%. London Finance & Investment Group pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. British & American Investment Trust pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. British & American Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, London Finance & Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled British & American Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
British & American Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than London Finance & Investment Group. British & American Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Finance & Investment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, British & American Investment Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of British & American Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.7% of British & American Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
London Finance & Investment Group received 8 more outperform votes than British & American Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave British & American Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote.
Summary
British & American Investment Trust beats London Finance & Investment Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BAF) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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