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Lowland (LWI) Competitors

GBX 143.86 +0.86 (+0.60%)
As of 03:54 AM Eastern

LWI vs. FCSS, BNKR, TFG, FGT, LWDB, ASL, JMG, HRI, FSV, and IHP

Should you be buying Lowland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lowland include Fidelity China Special (FCSS), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Law Debenture (LWDB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Herald (HRI), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and IntegraFin (IHP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Lowland vs. Its Competitors

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

11.7% of Lowland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Lowland shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 4 more articles in the media than Lowland. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for Lowland. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Lowland's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lowland Neutral
Fidelity China Special Very Positive

Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lowland pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% 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.

Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lowland. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lowland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lowland£58.88M6.23£54.35M£21.316.75
Fidelity China Special-£177.57M-7.95£997.06M£202.001.41

Lowland has a net margin of 92.30% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Lowland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lowland92.30% 15.19% 4.63%
Fidelity China Special -561.50%83.04%N/A

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Lowland on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LWI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LWI vs. The Competition

MetricLowlandAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£366.93M£1.30B£6.34B£3.07B
Dividend Yield4.83%4.39%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.7522.4314.12168.22
Price / Sales6.232,568.251,860.41339,980.05
Price / Cash108.6460.70127.2627.97
Price / Book1.001.472.274.55
Net Income£54.35M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.25%0.23%0.33%1.03%
1 Month Performance-1.13%14.69%8.99%12.14%
1 Year Performance14.63%8.77%22.95%73.00%

Lowland Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWI
Lowland
N/AGBX 143.86
+0.6%
N/A+14.9%£366.93M£58.88M6.75N/A
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 283.50
+0.5%
N/A+52.7%£1.40B-£177.57M1.40N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 123.80
+0.5%
N/A+13.0%£1.37B£231.92M6.27N/A
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.80
-0.3%
N/AN/A£1.36B£22.12B10.78N/A
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 910
-1.1%
N/A+11.5%£1.35B£101.41M14.95N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,018
+1.2%
N/A+15.8%£1.35B£203.87M9.47260Positive News
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,574
+2.2%
N/A-1.1%£1.31B£226.05M5.17N/APositive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 121
+0.7%
N/A+16.9%£1.28B£97.45M16.03N/A
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,460
+1.2%
N/A+21.2%£1.24B£162.63M7.106,600News Coverage
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 379.50
+1.5%
N/A+21.2%£1.23B£237.18M5.5225,000Positive News
IHP
IntegraFin
N/AGBX 359.50
+0.1%
GBX 423.75
+17.9%
+1.3%£1.19B£138.65M22.803,520Positive News
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This page (LON:LWI) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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