Scottish American Investment (SAIN) Competitors GBX 498.77 +6.27 (+1.27%) As of 06:45 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SAIN vs. PHLL, ABDN, EMG, BUR, 3IN, JGGI, BPT, RCP, HVPE, and HGTShould you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include Petershill Partners (PHLL), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), Burford Capital (BUR), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Scottish American Investment vs. Petershill Partners abrdn Man Group Burford Capital 3i Infrastructure JPMorgan Global Growth & Income Bridgepoint Group RIT Capital Partners HarbourVest Global Private Equity HgCapital Trust Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) and Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking. Do analysts prefer SAIN or PHLL? Petershill Partners has a consensus target price of GBX 245.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than Scottish American Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Scottish American Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Petershill Partners 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SAIN or PHLL? 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is SAIN or PHLL more profitable? Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. Scottish American Investment's return on equity of 9.33% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Scottish American Investment115.71% 9.33% 5.89% Petershill Partners 59.57%7.17%5.95% Which has more volatility and risk, SAIN or PHLL? Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is SAIN or PHLL a better dividend stock? Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Scottish American Investment pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Which has better earnings & valuation, SAIN or PHLL? Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish American Investment. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scottish American Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioScottish American Investment£75.38M11.57£87.22M£49.8710.00Petershill Partners£706.00M4.50£420.55M£24.659.49 Does the media refer more to SAIN or PHLL? In the previous week, Petershill Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Scottish American Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Petershill Partners and 1 mentions for Scottish American Investment. Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Scottish American Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Petershill Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Scottish American Investment 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Petershill Partners 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SAIN or PHLL? Petershill Partners received 11 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Petershill Partners an outperform vote while only 80.00% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformScottish American InvestmentOutperform Votes480.00% Underperform Votes120.00% Petershill PartnersOutperform Votes15100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes SummaryPetershill Partners beats Scottish American Investment on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Scottish American Investment News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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 SAIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricScottish American InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£872.13M£1.13B£4.22B£2.58BDividend Yield2.79%4.44%4.20%4.95%P/E Ratio10.0026.8916.06141.72Price / Sales11.572,255.021,691.64276,179.35Price / Cash129.7460.9949.1827.96Price / Book0.921.113.344.51Net Income£87.22M£259.66M£1.28B£5.77B7 Day Performance-0.64%-1.20%-0.98%-0.42%1 Month Performance-2.58%-2.62%6.01%5.48%1 Year Performance-1.04%3.57%9.75%108.25% Scottish American Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SAINScottish American InvestmentN/AGBX 498.77+1.3%N/A-2.3%£872.13M£75.38M10.00N/APHLLPetershill Partners1.7062 of 5 starsGBX 246flatGBX 245.33-0.3%+25.5%£3.34B£706.00M9.98N/ADividend CutNews CoverageABDNabrdn1.0618 of 5 starsGBX 171.20+1.1%GBX 163.50-4.5%+9.8%£3.07B£1.49B9.734,719EMGMan Group3.2954 of 5 starsGBX 212.20+1.2%GBX 281.67+32.7%-25.9%£3.06B£1.69B10.011,790BURBurford Capital2.8393 of 5 starsGBX 1,068-0.3%GBX 1,600+49.8%-17.8%£2.94B£299.55M19.111403IN3i InfrastructureN/AGBX 314.13+0.4%N/A-2.5%£2.90B£374M826.65N/ADividend IncreaseNews CoveragePositive NewsJGGIJPMorgan Global Growth & IncomeN/AGBX 550.94+0.4%N/A-6.4%£2.84B£660.56M4.54N/ABPTBridgepoint Group2.0534 of 5 starsGBX 340.40+1.5%GBX 359.33+5.6%+23.4%£2.81B£272.35M61.84391RCPRIT Capital PartnersN/AGBX 1,916-0.1%N/A+7.4%£2.76B£103.46M16.5662Positive NewsHVPEHarbourVest Global Private EquityN/AGBX 2,621.50+0.8%N/A+11.3%£2.42B£32.28M246.51N/AHGTHgCapital TrustN/AGBX 509.98+2.7%N/A+8.2%£2.37B£312.64M8.43N/ANews CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Petershill Partners Alternatives abrdn Alternatives Man Group Alternatives Burford Capital Alternatives 3i Infrastructure Alternatives JPMorgan Global Growth & Income Alternatives Bridgepoint Group Alternatives RIT Capital Partners Alternatives HarbourVest Global Private Equity Alternatives HgCapital Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:SAIN) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNow I look stupid. 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