LMS Capital (LMS) Competitors

LMS Capital (LON:LMS) and abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust (LON:ASCI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor LMS or ASCI?

In the previous week, LMS Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LMS Capital	Neutral
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust	Neutral

Is LMS or ASCI more profitable?

abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust's return on equity of -6.31% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LMS Capital	N/A	-18.33%	-7.08%
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust	N/A	-6.31%	-3.44%

Is LMS or ASCI a better dividend stock?

LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. LMS Capital pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust pays out -5,555.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LMS or ASCI?

abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust received 56 more outperform votes than LMS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust	Outperform Votes 126 66.32%	Underperform Votes 64 33.68%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LMS or ASCI?

abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust, 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
LMS Capital	-£5.30M	-2.45	-£7.43M	-£0.09	-178.89
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust	-£2.92M	0.00	-£4.07M	-£0.18	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, LMS or ASCI?

LMS Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LMS or ASCI?

31.3% of LMS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.6% of LMS Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust beats LMS Capital on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.