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Literacy Capital (BOOK) Competitors

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GBX 492 +38.00 (+8.37%)
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BOOK vs. HRI, LWDB, VEIL, ASHM, EDIN, AGT, GSS, CGT, FCSS, and FSV

Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Herald (HRI), Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Literacy Capital vs.

Herald (LON:HRI) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

31.8% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Literacy Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Herald shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.0% of Literacy Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Literacy Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Literacy Capital and 0 mentions for Herald. Literacy Capital's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat Herald's score of -1.62 indicating that Literacy Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Herald Very Negative
Literacy Capital Neutral

Herald has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Herald has higher revenue and earnings than Literacy Capital. Herald 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
Herald£204.98M5.75£190.88M£3.39656.34
Literacy Capital£29.26M10.12£20.88M£0.341,447.06

Herald received 103 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HeraldOutperform Votes
103
67.76%
Underperform Votes
49
32.24%
Literacy CapitalN/AN/A

Herald has a net margin of 93.12% compared to Literacy Capital's net margin of 71.36%. Literacy Capital's return on equity of 62.05% beat Herald's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Herald93.12% 14.74% 9.22%
Literacy Capital 71.36%62.05%39.07%

Summary

Herald and Literacy Capital tied by winning 7 of the 14 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£296.04M£815.63M£3.28B£1.40B
Dividend YieldN/A13.38%4.59%11.79%
P/E Ratio1,447.06773.30441.161,555.80
Price / Sales10.1213,943.153,241.21210,506.32
Price / Cash74.4080.5348.2633.06
Price / Book0.941.701.482.81
Net Income£20.88M£57.81M£396.91M£153.14M
7 Day Performance9.09%0.02%0.29%-0.48%
1 Month Performance4.02%-0.51%7.27%7.21%
1 Year Performance6.96%9.99%15.62%93.59%

Literacy Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOOK
Literacy Capital
N/AGBX 492
+8.4%
N/A+2.2%£296.04M£29.26M1,447.066Gap Up
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,225
+1.1%
N/A+22.8%£1.18B£204.98M646.026,600Negative News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 883
+1.3%
N/A+9.7%£1.16B£201.31M810.37260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 564
+2.0%
N/A-1.6%£1.15B£-195,880,000.00-610.87N/AHigh Trading Volume
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2626 of 5 stars
GBX 168
+1.2%
GBX 174
+3.6%
-6.9%£1.11B£186.80M1,187.14283High Trading Volume
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 736
+1.0%
N/A+10.5%£1.10B£141.19M884.34N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 236
+1.3%
N/A+13.4%£1.07B£137.36M832.14N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,760
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,541.78N/AInsider Trade
Positive News
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 211.50
+0.5%
N/A-3.4%£1.01BN/A4,224.38N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 310
+0.6%
N/A+10.6%£1.00B£11.88M-30,900.0025,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BOOK) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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