London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

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

Is AJIT or LFI a better dividend stock?

abrdn Japan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. abrdn Japan Investment Trust pays out -2,941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AJIT or LFI?

London Finance & Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Japan Investment Trust. abrdn Japan Investment Trust 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
abrdn Japan Investment Trust	-£3.20M	0.00	-£4.23M	-£0.34	N/A
London Finance & Investment Group	£1.69M	12.56	£1.38M	£0.14	485.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AJIT or LFI?

abrdn Japan Investment Trust received 45 more outperform votes than London Finance & Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.31% of users gave abrdn Japan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Japan Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 87 71.31%	Underperform Votes 35 28.69%
London Finance & Investment Group	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AJIT or LFI?

61.8% of abrdn Japan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of abrdn Japan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AJIT or LFI?

abrdn Japan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% 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.

Is AJIT or LFI more profitable?

London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 90.10% compared to abrdn Japan Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 19.12% beat abrdn Japan Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Japan Investment Trust	N/A	-4.89%	-2.69%
London Finance & Investment Group	90.10%	19.12%	2.39%

Does the media favor AJIT or LFI?

In the previous week, abrdn Japan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled London Finance & Investment Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Japan Investment Trust	Neutral
London Finance & Investment Group	Neutral

Summary

London Finance & Investment Group beats abrdn Japan Investment Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.