London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

Crystal Amber (LON:CRS) and London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRS or LFI?

Crystal Amber received 1 more outperform votes than London Finance & Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Crystal Amber an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crystal Amber	Outperform Votes 43 56.58%	Underperform Votes 33 43.42%
London Finance & Investment Group	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRS or LFI?

Crystal Amber has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRS or LFI?

80.3% of Crystal Amber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Crystal Amber shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CRS or LFI a better dividend stock?

Crystal Amber pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 39.3%. London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crystal Amber pays out 367.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. London Finance & Investment Group pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crystal Amber is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRS or LFI?

Crystal Amber has higher revenue and earnings than London Finance & Investment Group. Crystal Amber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Finance & Investment Group, 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
Crystal Amber	£10.58M	8.47	£9.56M	£13.59	9.37
London Finance & Investment Group	£1.69M	13.30	£1.38M	£0.14	514.29

Is CRS or LFI more profitable?

Crystal Amber has a net margin of 90.42% compared to London Finance & Investment Group's net margin of 90.10%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 19.12% beat Crystal Amber's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crystal Amber	90.42%	11.18%	5.45%
London Finance & Investment Group	90.10%	19.12%	2.39%

Does the media prefer CRS or LFI?

In the previous week, Crystal Amber had 1 more articles in the media than London Finance & Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Crystal Amber and 0 mentions for London Finance & Investment Group. Crystal Amber's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat London Finance & Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Crystal Amber is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crystal Amber	Neutral
London Finance & Investment Group	Neutral

Summary

Crystal Amber beats London Finance & Investment Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.