GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) Competitors

Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and GCP Asset Backed Income (LON:GABI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is LWDB or GABI more profitable?

Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to GCP Asset Backed Income's net margin of 63.69%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 15.91% beat GCP Asset Backed Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Law Debenture	69.85%	15.91%	8.76%
GCP Asset Backed Income	63.69%	3.75%	3.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LWDB or GABI?

Law Debenture received 15 more outperform votes than GCP Asset Backed Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave GCP Asset Backed Income an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%
GCP Asset Backed Income	Outperform Votes 64 66.67%	Underperform Votes 32 33.33%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LWDB or GABI?

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Asset Backed Income. Law Debenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Asset Backed Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Law Debenture	£203.87M	5.87	£142.39M	£107.45	8.42
GCP Asset Backed Income	£9.82M	14.71	£6.26M	£2.90	23.10

Is LWDB or GABI a better dividend stock?

Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. GCP Asset Backed Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Law Debenture pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCP Asset Backed Income pays out 206.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LWDB or GABI?

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of GCP Asset Backed Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of GCP Asset Backed Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, LWDB or GABI?

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Asset Backed Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LWDB or GABI?

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than GCP Asset Backed Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for GCP Asset Backed Income. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat GCP Asset Backed Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture	Positive
GCP Asset Backed Income	Neutral

Summary

Law Debenture beats GCP Asset Backed Income on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.