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London Finance & Investment Group (LFI) Competitors

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LFI vs. KWG, OSEC, AJG, VND, GCL, IVPG, MIG5, D4G, SIGT, and ANW

Should you be buying London Finance & Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Finance & Investment Group include Kingswood (KWG), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG), Ventus VCT 2 D (VND), Geiger Counter (GCL), Invesco Select Glo Eq (IVPG), Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 (MIG5), Downing FOUR VCT (D4G), Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (SIGT), and Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust (ANW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

London Finance & Investment Group vs.

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

In the previous week, London Finance & Investment Group had 3 more articles in the media than Kingswood. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for London Finance & Investment Group and 0 mentions for Kingswood. London Finance & Investment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kingswood'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
London Finance & Investment Group Neutral
Kingswood Neutral

London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 50.77% compared to Kingswood's net margin of -15.95%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 4.30% beat Kingswood's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
London Finance & Investment Group50.77% 4.30% 2.39%
Kingswood -15.95%-20.03%3.99%

London Finance & Investment Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingswood. Kingswood 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
Kingswood£91.19M0.77-£14.09M-£0.08-128.13

London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingswood has a beta of -0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kingswood shares are held by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Kingswood shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

London Finance & Investment Group received 25 more outperform votes than Kingswood when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Kingswood an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
London Finance & Investment GroupOutperform Votes
42
61.76%
Underperform Votes
26
38.24%
KingswoodOutperform Votes
17
53.13%
Underperform Votes
15
46.88%

Summary

London Finance & Investment Group beats Kingswood on 11 of the 13 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£22.47M£1.06B£3.69B£1.88B
Dividend Yield1.86%4.94%4.42%5.68%
P/E Ratio514.29797.35419.531,808.56
Price / SalesN/A1,450.171,744.90381,933.69
Price / Cash0.7864.0252.2728.33
Price / BookN/A1.731.472.93
Net Income£1.38M£64.78M£359.25M£156.72M

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£22.47M£1.69M514.294News Coverage
Gap Down
KWG
Kingswood
N/AGBX 10.50
-4.5%
N/A-18.0%£72.05M£91.19M-131.25421Gap Down
OSEC
Octopus AIM VCT 2
N/AGBX 38.80
flat
N/A-14.5%£71.19M£-13,610,000.00-388.00N/A
AJG
Atlantis Japan Growth
N/AGBX 172
-8.5%
N/AN/A£70.72M£4.41M33.0844,000Gap Down
VND
Ventus VCT 2 D
N/AN/AN/AN/A£69.68M£9.47M8.73N/AGap Up
GCL
Geiger Counter
N/AGBX 48.50
-4.9%
N/A-14.3%£68.48M£40.86M165.52N/A
IVPG
Invesco Select Glo Eq
N/AGBX 272
-3.5%
N/AN/A£68.41MN/A3,885.71N/AHigh Trading Volume
MIG5
Maven Income and Growth VCT 5
N/AGBX 32
flat
N/A-2.0%£68.38M£-1,500,000.00-1,600.00N/A
D4G
Downing FOUR VCT
N/AGBX 65
+52.9%
N/AN/A£64.63MN/A812.50N/AGap Up
SIGT
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.79M£-10,338,000.00-7.11N/A
ANW
Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust
N/AGBX 398
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£63.63M£2.08M120.615

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This page (LON:LFI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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