M&G (MNG) Competitors

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is SMT or MNG more profitable?

M&G has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Scottish Mortgage's net margin of 0.00%. M&G's return on equity of 4.58% beat Scottish Mortgage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Mortgage	N/A	-6.27%	-3.48%
M&G	2.69%	4.58%	0.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMT or MNG?

Scottish Mortgage received 83 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.84% of users gave Scottish Mortgage an outperform vote while only 48.60% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scottish Mortgage	Outperform Votes 135 67.84%	Underperform Votes 64 32.16%
M&G	Outperform Votes 52 48.60%	Underperform Votes 55 51.40%

Which has better earnings and valuation, SMT or MNG?

M&G has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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
Scottish Mortgage	-£712.34M	-18.80	-£724.05M	-£0.52	-1,865.77
M&G	£6.21B	0.77	£167M	£0.07	2,882.86

Do analysts recommend SMT or MNG?

M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.67%. Given M&G's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&G is more favorable than Scottish Mortgage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scottish Mortgage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
M&G	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media refer more to SMT or MNG?

In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 1 more articles in the media than M&G. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 0 mentions for M&G. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat M&G's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Mortgage	Neutral
M&G	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SMT or MNG?

Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SMT or MNG a better dividend stock?

Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Scottish Mortgage pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SMT or MNG?

19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

M&G beats Scottish Mortgage on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.