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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 458
+9.00 (+2.00%)
(As of 11/1/2024 12:18 PM ET)

BOOK vs. GSS, TRY, FCSS, AGT, BRWM, N91, CGT, JPE, FSV, and IEM

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), AVI Global Trust (AGT), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ninety One Group (N91), Capital Gearing (CGT), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Literacy Capital vs.

Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (LON:GSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

1.8% of Literacy Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 63.0% of Literacy Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Literacy Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Literacy Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Literacy Capital£29.26M9.42£20.88M£0.341,347.06
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund£250.40M4.22N/A£140.706.18

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Literacy Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Literacy Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Literacy Capital and 2 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Literacy Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Literacy Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Literacy Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Genesis Emerging Markets Fund received 62 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Literacy CapitalN/AN/A
Genesis Emerging Markets FundOutperform Votes
62
62.00%
Underperform Votes
38
38.00%

Literacy Capital has a net margin of 71.36% compared to Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Literacy Capital's return on equity of 62.05% beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Literacy Capital71.36% 62.05% 39.07%
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Literacy Capital beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BOOK vs. The Competition

MetricLiteracy CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£275.58M£887.22M£3.42B£1.60B
Dividend YieldN/A13.11%4.49%10.93%
P/E Ratio1,347.06786.36412.881,755.31
Price / Sales9.4214,622.902,694.03232,682.53
Price / Cash74.4090.8450.6736.19
Price / Book0.881.221.392.88
Net Income£20.88M£59.76M£348.49M£145.32M
7 Day Performance-2.76%-0.61%-0.54%0.11%
1 Month Performance-4.71%-1.08%-0.55%-0.11%
1 Year Performance-1.72%12.78%17.29%15.48%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 458
+2.0%
N/A-0.4%£275.58M£29.26M1,347.066News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 327.50
-1.1%
N/A+20.6%£1.04B£-528,720,000.00-186.0826Positive News
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 218
-1.4%
N/A+6.7%£1.04BN/A4,360.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 228.50
-0.4%
N/A+19.3%£1.03B£137.36M816.07N/ANews Coverage
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 537
-0.4%
N/A+1.1%£1.03B£8.72M-7,671.43147,000News Coverage
Positive News
N91
Ninety One Group
0.2099 of 5 stars
GBX 168.70
-1.0%
GBX 173
+2.5%
+4.1%£1.02B£588.50M937.221,180News Coverage
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,740
-0.3%
N/A+8.7%£1.01B£-9,860,000.00-7,523.81N/A
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AGBX 937.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 307
-1.6%
N/A+21.3%£994.99M£11.88M-30,700.0025,000
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 391.50
-0.8%
N/A+14.8%£982.98M£1.57M-9,787.50N/A

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