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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
AJ Bell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 357, suggesting a potential downside of 7.27%. Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than AJ Bell.
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.
AJ Bell has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AJ Bell had 5 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 5 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.
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.
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.
49.8% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are owned 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.
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.
Summary
Schroders beats AJ Bell on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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