Braime Group (BMT) Competitors

Lords Group Trading (LON:LORD) and Braime Group (LON:BMT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LORD or BMT?

Braime Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lords Group Trading. Lords Group Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braime Group, 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
Lords Group Trading	£434.53M	0.10	-£1.73M	-£1.12	-24.02
Braime Group	£62.83M	0.30	£2.47M	£131.46	7.61

Is LORD or BMT a better dividend stock?

Lords Group Trading pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Braime Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lords Group Trading pays out -178.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Braime Group pays out 11.4% 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. Lords Group Trading is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LORD or BMT?

Braime Group received 41 more outperform votes than Lords Group Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lords Group Trading an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Braime Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lords Group Trading	Outperform Votes 13 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Braime Group	Outperform Votes 54 65.85%	Underperform Votes 28 34.15%

Does the media favor LORD or BMT?

In the previous week, Lords Group Trading's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Braime Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lords Group Trading	Neutral
Braime Group	Neutral

Is LORD or BMT more profitable?

Braime Group has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Lords Group Trading's net margin of -0.40%. Braime Group's return on equity of 8.80% beat Lords Group Trading's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lords Group Trading	-0.40%	-3.69%	2.41%
Braime Group	3.93%	8.80%	5.72%

Do analysts recommend LORD or BMT?

Lords Group Trading currently has a consensus target price of GBX 80, indicating a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Lords Group Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lords Group Trading is more favorable than Braime Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lords Group Trading	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Braime Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LORD or BMT?

28.4% of Lords Group Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Braime Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.2% of Lords Group Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Braime Group shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, LORD or BMT?

Lords Group Trading has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braime Group has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lords Group Trading beats Braime Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.