AJB vs. SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying AJ Bell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AJ Bell include Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
AJ Bell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 357, suggesting a potential downside of 7.27%. Schroders has a consensus price target of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than AJ Bell.
AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. AJ Bell pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, AJ Bell had 6 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AJ Bell's score of -0.09 indicating that Schroders is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AJ Bell has a net margin of 33.20% compared to Schroders' net margin of 13.48%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 49.62% beat Schroders' return on equity.
AJ Bell has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders received 436 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote while only 43.02% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.
49.8% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Schroders beats AJ Bell on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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