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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 439 -1.00 (-0.23%)
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BOOK vs. GSS, FCSS, CGT, JPE, FSV, IEM, ASHM, TRY, BRWM, and RICA

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Ashmore Group (ASHM), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), and Ruffer Investment (RICA). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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

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%

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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£29.26M8.84£20.88M£0.341,264.71
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund£250.40M0.00N/A£140.70N/A

In the previous week, Literacy Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Literacy Capital and 0 mentions for Genesis Emerging Markets Fund. Literacy Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Genesis Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Literacy Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Literacy Capital Neutral
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Neutral

Summary

Literacy Capital beats Genesis Emerging Markets Fund on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BOOK vs. The Competition

MetricLiteracy CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£258.73M£1.12B£3.87B£2.04B
Dividend YieldN/A4.65%4.43%5.16%
P/E Ratio1,264.71810.51428.581,926.65
Price / Sales8.841,498.552,647.34384,006.48
Price / Cash74.4066.0853.1729.21
Price / Book0.831.171.913.08
Net Income£20.88M£61.96M£440.86M£183.60M
7 Day Performance-5.12%1.97%2.93%3.09%
1 Month Performance-5.16%2.17%5.02%3.42%
1 Year Performance-13.13%11.26%15.02%165.42%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 439
-0.2%
N/A-13.1%£264.15M£29.26M1,291.186News Coverage
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 217.50
+1.6%
N/A+16.7%£1.03BN/A4,350.00N/APositive News
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,775
+0.1%
N/A+4.3%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,579.37N/ANews Coverage
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 305
flat
N/A+14.2%£988.51M£11.88M-30,500.0025,000Positive News
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 389
+0.8%
N/A+9.6%£976.70M£1.57M-9,725.00N/ANews Coverage
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2342 of 5 stars
GBX 146.90
-0.7%
GBX 174
+18.4%
-25.8%£974.33M£186.80M1,049.29283
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 296.50
+2.6%
N/A-4.1%£940.94M£-528,720,000.00-168.4726Positive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 492
+0.4%
N/A-4.2%£940.61M£8.72M-7,028.57147,000
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 267.50
+0.9%
N/A+2.5%£928.33M£19.58M8,916.67N/A

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