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The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR) Competitors

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GBX 121 -2.80 (-2.26%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:31 PM Eastern

BNKR vs. HL, PCT, ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BPT, and BUR

Should you be buying The Bankers Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Bankers Investment Trust include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The Bankers Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown had 1 more articles in the media than The Bankers Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown and 0 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown Positive
The Bankers Investment Trust Neutral

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than The Bankers Investment Trust. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hargreaves Lansdown£764.90M0.00£293.20M£0.62N/A
The Bankers Investment Trust£231.92M5.77£218.53M£19.746.13

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.23% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown82.61% 82.68% 17.10%
The Bankers Investment Trust 94.23%15.93%6.13%

Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than The Bankers Investment Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
The Bankers Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Bankers Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats The Bankers Investment Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BNKR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BNKR vs. The Competition

MetricThe Bankers Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.34B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03B
Dividend Yield2.69%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.1322.3614.03176.74
Price / Sales5.772,549.851,854.25264,365.14
Price / Cash33.0760.70127.5327.97
Price / Book0.981.452.244.53
Net Income£218.53M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.26%-0.35%6.16%12.64%
1 Month Performance-0.01%0.63%1.90%6.15%
1 Year Performance8.62%6.53%19.44%71.70%

The Bankers Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 121
-2.3%
N/A+3.8%£1.34B£231.92M6.13N/A
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.1707 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 402
+2.3%
N/A-87.3%£4.74B£1.24B3.95120Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
1.8352 of 5 stars
GBX 200.60
+0.8%
GBX 199.50
-0.5%
+14.4%£3.59B£1.49B11.404,719News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 350.50
+1.2%
N/A+1.3%£3.23B£374M922.37N/APositive News
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 235
+1.1%
GBX 292.50
+24.5%
+3.4%£3.19B£706.00M9.54N/A
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 577
+0.9%
N/A-0.5%£2.98B£660.56M4.75N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,950
+2.1%
N/A+0.3%£2.81B£103.46M16.8662News Coverage
Positive News
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.3554 of 5 stars
GBX 325.56
+0.9%
GBX 371
+14.0%
+10.8%£2.69B£272.35M59.14391Gap Down
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7353 of 5 stars
GBX 961.50
-3.4%
GBX 1,600
+66.4%
-12.5%£2.65B£299.55M17.20140

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This page (LON:BNKR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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