LIO vs. EDIN, AGT, GSS, CGT, TRY, JPE, FCSS, FSV, N91, and BRWM
Should you be buying Liontrust Asset Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liontrust Asset Management include Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Ninety One Group (N91), and BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Liontrust Asset Management vs.
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Liontrust Asset Management received 322 more outperform votes than Edinburgh Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Liontrust Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 3,373.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Liontrust Asset Management pays out -144,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Liontrust Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 2 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Liontrust Asset Management's score of 0.06 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liontrust Asset Management has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 703.33, indicating a potential upside of 59.19%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than Edinburgh Investment.
Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 93.28% compared to Liontrust Asset Management's net margin of -1.76%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 11.58% beat Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Edinburgh Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liontrust Asset Management. Liontrust Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edinburgh Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Liontrust Asset Management beats Edinburgh Investment on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LIO) was last updated on 11/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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