Lowland (LWI) Competitors

Lowland (LON:LWI) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, LWI or N91?

Lowland has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LWI or N91 more profitable?

Lowland has a net margin of 92.30% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat Lowland's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lowland	92.30%	15.19%	4.63%
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%

Does the media refer more to LWI or N91?

In the previous week, Lowland's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ninety One Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lowland	Neutral
Ninety One Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LWI or N91?

Lowland received 112 more outperform votes than Ninety One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Ninety One Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lowland	Outperform Votes 114 65.52%	Underperform Votes 60 34.48%
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LWI or N91?

11.7% of Lowland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Lowland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LWI or N91 a better dividend stock?

Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Lowland pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% 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.

Do analysts rate LWI or N91?

Ninety One Group has a consensus price target of GBX 173, suggesting a potential upside of 15.87%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than Lowland.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lowland	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LWI or N91?

Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lowland. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, 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
Lowland	£58.88M	5.67	£54.35M	£21.31	6.15
Ninety One Group	£586.81M	2.25	£154.01M	£17.37	8.60

Summary

Ninety One Group beats Lowland on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.