LIV vs. ASTO, MINI, ESO, SBO, BSRT, CLC, NBMI, JEMA, BRIG, and CBA
Should you be buying Livermore Investments Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Livermore Investments Group include AssetCo (ASTO), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO), Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT), Calculus VCT (CLC), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (NBMI), JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), and CEIBA Investments (CBA). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AssetCo (LON:ASTO) and Livermore Investments Group (LON:LIV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Livermore Investments Group has a net margin of 25.05% compared to Livermore Investments Group's net margin of -178.24%. AssetCo's return on equity of 0.96% beat Livermore Investments Group's return on equity.
AssetCo pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Livermore Investments Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. AssetCo pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
AssetCo has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Livermore Investments Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Livermore Investments Group had 1 more articles in the media than AssetCo. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Livermore Investments Group and 0 mentions for AssetCo. Livermore Investments Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AssetCo'saverage media sentiment score.
Livermore Investments Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AssetCo.
Livermore Investments Group received 16 more outperform votes than AssetCo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.42% of users gave AssetCo an outperform vote while only 60.76% of users gave Livermore Investments Group an outperform vote.
40.9% of AssetCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of AssetCo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 90.0% of Livermore Investments Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Livermore Investments Group beats AssetCo on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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