DSM vs. LMS, IX, LFI, TEK, PMGR, TV2H, DVNO, BFSP, BPCR, and KLSO
Should you be buying Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust include LMS Capital (LMS), i(x) Net Zero (IX), London Finance & Investment Group (LFI), Tekcapital (TEK), Premier Miton Glb Renewables Trust (PMGR), Thames Ventures VCT 2 Healthcare Shs (TV2H), Develop North (DVNO), Blackfinch Spring VCT (BFSP), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), and Kelso Group (KLSO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
LMS Capital (LON:LMS) and Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust (LON:DSM) 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, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LMS Capital. Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LMS Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LMS Capital's return on equity of 0.00% beat Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust's return on equity.
Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust received 2 more outperform votes than LMS Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave LMS Capital an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, LMS Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LMS Capital and 0 mentions for Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust. Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat LMS Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that LMS Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.3% of LMS Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.7% of LMS Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LMS Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. LMS Capital pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust pays out -3.8% 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. LMS Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
LMS Capital beats Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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