SDR vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, and ATST
Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 3 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more 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.
Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Legal & General Group pays out 28,571.4% 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.
Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 301, indicating a potential upside of 20.40%. Schroders has a consensus price target of GBX 432, indicating a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Schroders.
Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than Schroders. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Legal & General Group received 768 more outperform votes than Schroders when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.82% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Schroders' net margin of 3.81%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 9.00% beat Schroders' return on equity.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Schroders on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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