LMS Capital (LMS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IVPG or LMS?

LMS Capital received 39 more outperform votes than Invesco Select Glo Eq when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Invesco Select Glo Eq an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Select Glo Eq	Outperform Votes 31 56.36%	Underperform Votes 24 43.64%
LMS Capital	Outperform Votes 70 69.31%	Underperform Votes 31 30.69%

Is IVPG or LMS more profitable?

Invesco Select Glo Eq has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LMS Capital's net margin of -11.52%. Invesco Select Glo Eq's return on equity of 0.00% beat LMS Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Select Glo Eq	N/A	N/A	N/A
LMS Capital	-11.52%	-12.31%	-7.08%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IVPG or LMS?

21.1% of Invesco Select Glo Eq shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of LMS Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Invesco Select Glo Eq 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IVPG or LMS a better dividend stock?

Invesco Select Glo Eq pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Invesco Select Glo Eq pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LMS Capital pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LMS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IVPG or LMS?

Invesco Select Glo Eq has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LMS Capital. LMS Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Select Glo Eq, 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
Invesco Select Glo Eq	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.07	N/A
LMS Capital	£42.02M	0.44	-£4.84M	-£6.00	-3.83

Does the media prefer IVPG or LMS?

In the previous week, Invesco Select Glo Eq's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LMS Capital'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Select Glo Eq	Neutral
LMS Capital	Neutral

Summary

LMS Capital beats Invesco Select Glo Eq on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.