DIVI vs. LWDB, EDIN, ASHM, AGT, FCSS, GSS, CGT, FSV, IEM, and JPE
Should you be buying Diverse Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diverse Income Trust include Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Ashmore Group (ASHM), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Diverse Income Trust vs.
Diverse Income Trust (LON:DIVI) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Diverse Income Trust received 44 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.96% of users gave Diverse Income Trust an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.
53.9% of Diverse Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Diverse Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to Diverse Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat Diverse Income Trust's return on equity.
Diverse Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diverse Income Trust pays out -2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diverse Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Diverse Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Diverse Income Trust. Diverse Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Law Debenture'saverage media sentiment score.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than Diverse Income Trust. Diverse Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Law Debenture beats Diverse Income Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DIVI) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
