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London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

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LFI vs. MIG3, MIG1, RMMC, AIF, CMPI, AAVC, JEFI, SBO, MIG, and FEN

Should you be buying London Finance & Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Finance & Investment Group include Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3), Maven Income & Growth VCT (MIG1), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), Acorn Income Fund (AIF), CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI), Albion VCT (AAVC), Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust (JEFI), Schroder British Opportunities (SBO), Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (MIG), and Frenkel Topping Group (FEN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

London Finance & Investment Group vs.

London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) and Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (LON:MIG3) 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 community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

London Finance & Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
London Finance & Investment Group£1.69M0.00£1.38M£0.14N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3£1.26M48.60-£2.81M-£0.03-1,666.67

0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Given London Finance & Investment Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe London Finance & Investment Group is more favorable than Maven Income and Growth VCT 3.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
London Finance & Investment Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 50.77% compared to Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's net margin of 0.00%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 4.30% beat Maven Income and Growth VCT 3's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Finance & Investment Group50.77% 4.30% 2.39%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 N/A -4.72%-2.94%

London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. 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. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, London Finance & Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Maven Income and Growth VCT 3'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Finance & Investment Group Neutral
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 Neutral

Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 received 72 more outperform votes than London Finance & Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
London Finance & Investment GroupOutperform Votes
42
61.76%
Underperform Votes
26
38.24%
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3Outperform Votes
114
67.06%
Underperform Votes
56
32.94%

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, Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

London Finance & Investment Group beats Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 on 11 of the 15 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£14.70M£846.53M£3.38B£1.52B
Dividend Yield1.86%13.64%4.51%11.84%
P/E Ratio336.43766.33412.621,660.67
Price / SalesN/A14,400.932,692.94219,873.00
Price / Cash0.7886.7450.4935.09
Price / BookN/A1.651.382.95
Net Income£1.38M£58.87M£346.15M£142.33M

London Finance & Investment Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFI
London Finance & Investment Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.70M£1.69M336.434Gap Down
MIG3
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3
N/AGBX 50
flat
N/A+2.0%£61.24M£1.26M-1,666.67N/AGap Up
MIG1
Maven Income & Growth VCT
N/AGBX 38
-2.6%
N/A+2.6%£61.06M£2M-3,800.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
RMMC
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap
N/AGBX 176.50
+2.0%
N/A+34.9%£59.83MN/A-241.78N/AGap Up
AIF
Acorn Income Fund
N/AGBX 367.50
flat
N/AN/A£58.13M£25.67M2.532,300
CMPI
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income
N/AGBX 114.50
flat
N/A+11.1%£57.78MN/A-1,145.00N/AGap Up
AAVC
Albion VCT
N/AGBX 41.60
flat
N/AN/A£56.65M£-3,240,000.00-1,040.00N/ADividend Cut
News Coverage
JEFI
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust
N/AGBX 94
flat
N/AN/A£56.21MN/A0.00N/A
SBO
Schroder British Opportunities
N/AGBX 75.50
+0.7%
N/A+1.8%£55.79MN/A2,516.67N/A
MIG
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT
N/AGBX 57
-3.3%
N/AN/A£55.67M£13.18M-518.18N/AGap Down
FEN
Frenkel Topping Group
N/AGBX 45
flat
N/A-18.2%£55.30M£32.81M4,500.00307

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This page (LON:LFI) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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