LWDB vs. BRWM, CGT, FCSS, EDIN, JMG, AGT, VEIL, N91, IEM, and ATT
Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ninety One Group (N91), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock World Mining Trust (LON:BRWM) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, BlackRock World Mining Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Law Debenture. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock World Mining Trust and 1 mentions for Law Debenture. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat BlackRock World Mining Trust's score of 0.10 indicating that BlackRock World Mining Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Law Debenture has a net margin of 36.84% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 0.00%. BlackRock World Mining Trust's return on equity of 3.99% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.
16.2% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BlackRock World Mining Trust received 12 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave BlackRock World Mining Trust an outperform vote.
BlackRock World Mining Trust has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock World Mining Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays out -8,292.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture pays out 11,851.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock World Mining Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Law Debenture beats BlackRock World Mining Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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