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London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

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GBX 58 -3.00 (-4.92%)
(As of 11/20/2024 09:21 PM ET)

LFI vs. CHI, GCL, NSI, AJG, OSEC, TV1, VND, EJFI, IVPG, and MIG5

Should you be buying London Finance & Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Finance & Investment Group include CT UK High Income Trust (CHI), Geiger Counter (GCL), New Star Investment Trust (NSI), Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1), Ventus VCT 2 D (VND), EJF Investments (EJFI), Invesco Select Glo Eq (IVPG), and Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 (MIG5). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

London Finance & Investment Group vs.

London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) and CT UK High Income Trust (LON:CHI) 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 analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

CT UK High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than London Finance & Investment Group. London Finance & Investment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT UK High Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
London Finance & Investment Group£1.69M10.71£1.38M£0.14414.29
CT UK High Income Trust£13.28M5.40£11.22M£0.10860.00

CT UK High Income Trust has a net margin of 84.52% compared to London Finance & Investment Group's net margin of 50.77%. CT UK High Income Trust's return on equity of 10.59% beat London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Finance & Investment Group50.77% 4.30% 2.39%
CT UK High Income Trust 84.52%10.59%6.32%

London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CT UK High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. 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. CT UK High Income Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of CT UK High Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

London Finance & Investment Group received 42 more outperform votes than CT UK High Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
London Finance & Investment GroupOutperform Votes
42
61.76%
Underperform Votes
26
38.24%
CT UK High Income TrustN/AN/A

In the previous week, London Finance & Investment Group had 2 more articles in the media than CT UK High Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for London Finance & Investment Group and 0 mentions for CT UK High Income Trust. London Finance & Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat CT UK High Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that London Finance & Investment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Finance & Investment Group Neutral
CT UK High Income Trust Neutral

London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT UK High Income Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CT UK High Income Trust beats London Finance & Investment Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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LFI vs. The Competition

MetricLondon Finance & Investment GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£18.10M£812.40M£3.28B£1.39B
Dividend Yield1.86%13.35%4.58%11.76%
P/E Ratio414.29772.29441.151,549.26
Price / Sales10.7113,881.373,238.98209,640.25
Price / Cash0.7880.2548.1732.98
Price / Book0.811.701.482.81
Net Income£1.38M£57.81M£396.91M£152.92M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.04%0.29%-0.47%
1 Month Performance23.25%-0.49%7.28%7.20%
1 Year Performance81.25%10.00%15.63%93.28%

London Finance & Investment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFI
London Finance & Investment Group
N/AGBX 58
-4.9%
N/A+87.5%£18.10M£1.69M414.294
CHI
CT UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/A+4.8%£71.66M£13.28M860.00N/ADividend Announcement
Gap Down
GCL
Geiger Counter
N/AGBX 50.60
+0.2%
N/A-7.6%£71.45M£40.86M172.95N/A
NSI
New Star Investment Trust
N/AGBX 100
-3.8%
N/A-8.9%£71.02M£4.73M2,140.80N/A
AJG
Atlantis Japan Growth
N/AGBX 172
-8.5%
N/AN/A£70.72M£4.41M33.0844,000Gap Down
OSEC
Octopus AIM VCT 2
N/AGBX 38.40
flat
N/AN/A£70.45M£-13,610,000.00-384.00N/A
TV1
Thames Ventures VCT 1
N/AGBX 40.60
-3.8%
N/A-15.4%£70.12M£-3,640,000.00-1,015.00N/AGap Down
VND
Ventus VCT 2 D
N/AGBX 185
+2.2%
N/A+0.0%£69.68M£9.47M8.73N/AGap Up
EJFI
EJF Investments
N/AGBX 112.50
+0.4%
N/A+3.7%£68.79M£11.30M861.54N/A
IVPG
Invesco Select Glo Eq
N/AGBX 272
-3.5%
N/AN/A£68.41MN/A3,885.71N/ADividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
MIG5
Maven Income and Growth VCT 5
N/AGBX 32
flat
N/AN/A£68.38M£-1,500,000.00-1,600.00N/A

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