BOOK vs. AIE, SJG, GSEO, STS, GSF, BRK, HINT, GRID, SST, and BIPS
Should you be buying Literacy Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Literacy Capital include Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) and Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Literacy Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of Literacy Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ashoka India Equity Investment received 486 more outperform votes than Literacy Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.
Literacy Capital has a net margin of 85.57% compared to Literacy Capital's net margin of 78.75%. Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity of 62.05% beat Literacy Capital's return on equity.
Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Literacy Capital has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ashoka India Equity Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Literacy Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment and 0 mentions for Literacy Capital. Ashoka India Equity Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Literacy Capital's score of -0.16 indicating that Literacy Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ashoka India Equity Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Literacy Capital. Ashoka India Equity Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Literacy Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ashoka India Equity Investment and Literacy Capital tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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