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Lowland (LWI) Competitors

GBX 124 +0.50 (+0.40%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:48 AM ET)

LWI vs. BNKR, HRI, IHP, ASL, JMG, VEIL, LWDB, EDIN, AGT, and ASHM

Should you be buying Lowland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowland include The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Lowland vs.

The Bankers Investment Trust (LON:BNKR) and Lowland (LON:LWI) 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 profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.13% compared to Lowland's net margin of 86.05%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 10.27% beat Lowland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Bankers Investment Trust91.13% 10.27% 6.13%
Lowland 86.05%7.91%4.63%

The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lowland pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lowland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Lowland. Lowland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Bankers Investment Trust£162.30M8.08£147.90M£0.052,280.00
Lowland£33.31M10.06£28.66M£0.111,127.27

23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lowland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Lowland. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Lowland. The Bankers Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that The Bankers Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Bankers Investment Trust Very Positive
Lowland Neutral

Lowland received 33 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Bankers Investment TrustOutperform Votes
81
70.43%
Underperform Votes
34
29.57%
LowlandOutperform Votes
114
65.52%
Underperform Votes
60
34.48%

The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowland has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Bankers Investment Trust beats Lowland on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LWI vs. The Competition

MetricLowlandAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£335.04M£1.08B£3.73B£1.89B
Dividend Yield5.09%4.70%4.43%5.46%
P/E Ratio1,127.27802.06418.741,846.95
Price / Sales10.061,453.231,744.90390,245.05
Price / Cash108.6464.8952.5328.65
Price / Book0.911.141.372.79
Net Income£28.66M£64.78M£361.47M£155.66M
7 Day Performance-2.75%-1.95%-1.62%-2.02%
1 Month Performance-0.42%-0.25%0.23%21.50%
1 Year Performance-0.80%7.18%9.87%29.47%

Lowland Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWI
Lowland
N/AGBX 124
+0.4%
N/A+0.0%£335.04M£33.31M1,127.27N/A
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 115.80
flat
N/A+12.4%£1.33B£162.30M2,317.04N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,500
+0.2%
N/A+27.8%£1.32B£204.98M737.466,600
IHP
IntegraFin
1.5799 of 5 stars
GBX 391
+0.3%
GBX 400
+2.3%
+17.4%£1.30B£138.80M2,443.753,520Dividend Increase
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,470
-0.4%
N/A+6.2%£1.24B£274.39M481.97N/APositive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 110.80
flat
N/A+4.0%£1.22B£45.04M5,540.00N/A
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 587
-0.2%
N/A+6.5%£1.19B£-195,880,000.00-638.87N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 901
-0.6%
N/A+10.9%£1.18B£201.31M834.26260News Coverage
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 751
-0.3%
N/A+8.5%£1.12B£141.19M904.82N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240.50
-0.6%
N/A+10.8%£1.09B£137.36M858.93N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.5408 of 5 stars
GBX 161.40
+0.2%
GBX 174
+7.8%
-28.2%£1.07B£186.80M1,152.86283

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This page (LON:LWI) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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