LMS Capital (LMS) Competitors

Albion VCT (LON:AAVC) and LMS Capital (LON:LMS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is AAVC or LMS more profitable?

Albion VCT's return on equity of -7.40% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion VCT	N/A	-7.40%	-4.58%
LMS Capital	N/A	-18.33%	-7.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAVC or LMS?

Albion VCT received 36 more outperform votes than LMS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Albion VCT an outperform vote while only 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albion VCT	Outperform Votes 106 70.67%	Underperform Votes 44 29.33%
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Is AAVC or LMS a better dividend stock?

Albion VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Albion VCT pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LMS Capital pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AAVC or LMS?

Albion VCT has higher revenue and earnings than LMS Capital. Albion VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LMS Capital, 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
Albion VCT	-£3.24M	-16.81	-£4.92M	-£0.04	-1,000.00
LMS Capital	-£5.30M	-2.62	-£7.43M	-£0.09	-191.11

Does the media prefer AAVC or LMS?

In the previous week, Albion VCT had 2 more articles in the media than LMS Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Albion VCT and 0 mentions for LMS Capital. Albion VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat LMS Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Albion VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Albion VCT	Positive
LMS Capital	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AAVC or LMS?

Albion VCT has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AAVC or LMS?

31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Albion VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Albion VCT beats LMS Capital on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.