LFI vs. UTL, PMI, WKOF, SQN, LIV, TEEC, INOV, CRS, HOT, and BRLA
Should you be buying London Finance & Investment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Finance & Investment Group include UIL (UTL), Premier Miton Group (PMI), Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF), SQN Asset Finance Income (SQN), Livermore Investments Group (LIV), Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure (TEEC), Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust plc - INOV (INOV), Crystal Amber (CRS), Henderson Opportunities (HOT), and BlackRock Latin American (BRLA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
London Finance & Investment Group vs.
London Finance & Investment Group (LON:LFI) and UIL (LON:UTL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
London Finance & Investment Group has a net margin of 50.77% compared to UIL's net margin of 0.00%. London Finance & Investment Group's return on equity of 4.30% beat UIL's return on equity.
London Finance & Investment Group has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. UIL 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.
0.1% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 65.3% of London Finance & Investment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of UIL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
London Finance & Investment Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. UIL pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. UIL pays out -2,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UIL is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
UIL received 45 more outperform votes than London Finance & Investment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.99% of users gave UIL an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave London Finance & Investment Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, UIL had 8 more articles in the media than London Finance & Investment Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UIL and 0 mentions for London Finance & Investment Group. UIL's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat London Finance & Investment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that UIL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
London Finance & Investment Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UIL has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
London Finance & Investment Group beats UIL on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LFI) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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