abrdn (ABDN) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is ABDN or SMT a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish Mortgage pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ABDN or SMT?

Scottish Mortgage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn	£1.49B	2.35	£316.36M	£17.59	11.13
Scottish Mortgage	£1.26B	10.37	£1.19B	£97.47	10.95

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ABDN or SMT?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ABDN or SMT?

abrdn currently has a consensus target price of GBX 184.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.81%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Scottish Mortgage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Scottish Mortgage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to ABDN or SMT?

In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than Scottish Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for Scottish Mortgage. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Scottish Mortgage's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	Positive
Scottish Mortgage	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, ABDN or SMT?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ABDN or SMT more profitable?

Scottish Mortgage has a net margin of 94.48% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Scottish Mortgage's return on equity of 11.53% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Scottish Mortgage	94.48%	11.53%	-3.48%

Summary

abrdn beats Scottish Mortgage on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.