Alliance Trust (ATST) Competitors GBX 1,272 0.00 (0.00%) (As of 12/11/2024) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades ATST vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, SDR, STJ, and MNGShould you be buying Alliance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Trust 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), Schroders (SDR), St. James's Place (STJ), and M&G (MNG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Alliance Trust vs. Legal & General Group Scottish Mortgage Pershing Square Intermediate Capital Group Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Schroders St. James's Place M&G Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATST or LGEN? Legal & General Group received 1138 more outperform votes than Alliance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 71.85% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlliance TrustOutperform Votes11073.33% Underperform Votes4026.67% Legal & General GroupOutperform Votes124871.85% Underperform Votes48928.15% Do analysts prefer ATST or LGEN? Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 276.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.74%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Alliance Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alliance Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Legal & General Group 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATST or LGEN? Alliance Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. Alliance Trust 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlliance Trust£652.76M5.49£601.66M£2.12600.00Legal & General Group£12.32B1.07£281M£0.054,508.00 Which has more risk and volatility, ATST or LGEN? Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to ATST or LGEN? In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Alliance Trust Neutral Legal & General Group Positive Is ATST or LGEN more profitable? Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alliance Trust92.17% 17.93% 10.95% Legal & General Group 2.46%6.51%0.18% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ATST or LGEN? 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is ATST or LGEN a better dividend stock? Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Legal & General Group pays out 42,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryLegal & General Group beats Alliance Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad DTI[PDF] The Opportunity in GoldCommodities expert, Geof Smith, insists that the supercycle on gold is just getting warmed up. In fact, even though gold looks like this since he initially called a major bull run 11 months ago… He’s still predicting it will be the TOP trade of 2025. His free eBook explains why You see, the last time gold launched into a supercycle like this it surged 536% The time before that was over 1,000%... That’s why Geof released this urgent guide to help you. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ATST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlliance TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£3.58B£1.09B£3.72B£1.95BDividend Yield2.24%4.66%4.43%5.17%P/E Ratio600.00808.65421.301,929.32Price / Sales5.491,463.831,748.92460,223.11Price / Cash38.0664.8552.4929.20Price / Book1.001.151.922.33Net Income£601.66M£63.97M£435.92M£183.41M7 Day Performance4.78%0.33%2.24%0.08%1 Month Performance0.47%-0.04%1.67%30.16%1 Year Performance16.27%7.74%10.39%153.13% Alliance Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ATSTAlliance TrustN/AGBX 1,272flatN/A+16.3%£3.58B£652.76M600.003LGENLegal & General Group2.2448 of 5 starsGBX 228.80-1.5%GBX 276.67+20.9%-9.9%£13.36B£12.32B4,644.0011,956Positive NewsSMTScottish Mortgage0.0399 of 5 starsGBX 959.60-1.3%N/A+21.3%£13.24B£-712,340,000.00-1,869.62N/ANews CoveragePSHPershing SquareN/AGBX 3,886-2.0%N/A+9.2%£7.15B£3.14B374.62N/ADividend IncreaseICPIntermediate Capital Group0.2743 of 5 starsGBX 2,146.57+1.6%N/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,132-0.8%N/A+16.8%£5.55B£1.02B593.75N/AHLHargreaves Lansdown0.8279 of 5 starsGBX 1,094-0.2%GBX 1,048.20-4.2%+53.3%£5.19B£764.90M1,764.521,850High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders1.2932 of 5 starsGBX 316.98-0.3%GBX 368.50+16.3%-29.1%£5.10B£2.93B1,325.006,438STJSt. James's Place0.9575 of 5 starsGBX 905-1.0%GBX 784.25-13.3%+27.0%£4.89B£26.80B-91,400.002,298MNGM&G0.6919 of 5 starsGBX 198.35-0.7%GBX 223.33+12.6%-13.7%£4.72B£6.21B2,853.576,101 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LGEN Alternatives SMT Alternatives PSH Alternatives ICP Alternatives SDRC Alternatives FCIT Alternatives HL Alternatives SDR Alternatives STJ Alternatives MNG Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:ATST) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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