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Kelso Group (KLSO) Competitors

GBX 2.65 +0.05 (+1.92%)
As of 02/21/2025

KLSO vs. FWD, VLE, CLC, ASIZ, MAVT, FWT, CTNA, DRUM, RNEW, and STM

Should you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include Forward Partners Group (FWD), Volvere (VLE), Calculus VCT (CLC), Aberforth Split Level Income ZDP 2024 (ASIZ), Momentum Multi-Asset Value Trust (MAVT), Foresight Technology VCT (FWT), Catena Group (CTNA), Drumz (DRUM), Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust (RNEW), and STM Group (STM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Kelso Group vs.

Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) and Forward Partners Group (LON:FWD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Kelso Group and Forward Partners Group both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kelso GroupN/AN/A
Forward Partners GroupN/AN/A

In the previous week, Kelso Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Forward Partners Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kelso Group Neutral
Forward Partners Group Neutral

Kelso Group has higher revenue and earnings than Forward Partners Group. Forward Partners Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelso Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kelso Group£3.54M2.88£2.11M£0.534.96
Forward Partners Group-£22.03M0.00-£24.31M-£0.19N/A

Kelso Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Partners Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kelso Group has a net margin of 59.53% compared to Forward Partners Group's net margin of 0.00%. Kelso Group's return on equity of 39.51% beat Forward Partners Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kelso Group59.53% 39.51% -0.99%
Forward Partners Group N/A -23.68%-9.96%

5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Forward Partners Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.7% of Kelso Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Forward Partners Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kelso Group beats Forward Partners Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KLSO vs. The Competition

MetricKelso GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£10.20M£1.23B£4.26B£2.65B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%4.22%4.99%
P/E Ratio4.9626.4116.02162.70
Price / Sales2.882,365.211,770.76314,812.14
Price / CashN/A60.7449.0928.17
Price / Book0.991.153.415.17
Net Income£2.11M£257.22M£1.27B£5.77B
7 Day Performance-2.43%-0.37%-0.23%-0.99%
1 Month Performance-6.69%0.39%1.69%-0.83%
1 Year Performance-9.46%9.90%14.41%38.83%

Kelso Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KLSO
Kelso Group
N/AGBX 2.65
+1.9%
N/A-10.2%£10.20M£3.54M4.96N/A
FWD
Forward Partners Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£39.78M£-22,030,000.00-155.2615High Trading Volume
VLE
Volvere
N/AGBX 1,800
+1.7%
N/A+82.5%£39.76M£44.67M13.53226
CLC
Calculus VCT
N/AGBX 53.91
-2.0%
N/AN/A£39.42M£550,084.97-67.09N/ADividend Cut
News Coverage
Positive News
ASIZ
Aberforth Split Level Income ZDP 2024
N/AN/AN/AN/A£39.23M£821,000.00-45.18N/A
MAVT
Momentum Multi-Asset Value Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£38.97M£-8,390,000.00-459.68N/A
FWT
Foresight Technology VCT
N/AGBX 100
flat
N/AN/A£38.37M£281,254.391.66375
CTNA
Catena Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£36.86M£883,133.00-68.46133
DRUM
Drumz
N/AN/AN/AN/A£36.73M£56,000.00-875.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
RNEW
Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust
N/AGBX 0.29
-0.7%
N/AN/A£36.67M£542.71M-1.11N/AGap Down
STM
STM Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£35.53M£30.06M3,075.0048,300

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This page (LON:KLSO) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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