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Scottish American Investment (SAIN) Competitors

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GBX 504.55 +4.55 (+0.91%)
(As of 11:52 AM ET)

SAIN vs. ATST, 3IN, JGGI, BPT, RCP, PHLL, MNKS, HGT, ABDN, and HICL

Should you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), HgCapital Trust (HGT), abrdn (ABDN), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Scottish American Investment vs.

Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alliance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Scottish American Investment Neutral
Alliance Trust Neutral

Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Scottish American Investment pays out 2,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Scottish American Investment's net margin of 86.08%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scottish American Investment86.08% 9.46% 5.89%
Alliance Trust 92.17%17.93%10.95%

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish American Investment. Alliance Trust 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 Ratio
Scottish American Investment£103.33M8.71£88.95M£0.501,009.10
Alliance Trust£652.76M5.39£601.66M£2.12589.62

Alliance Trust received 106 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Scottish American InvestmentOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
Alliance TrustOutperform Votes
110
73.33%
Underperform Votes
40
26.67%

Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Scottish American Investment on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAIN vs. The Competition

MetricScottish American InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£899.71M£820.70M£3.30B£1.39B
Dividend Yield2.80%13.42%4.59%11.86%
P/E Ratio1,009.10776.35441.761,573.12
Price / Sales8.7113,512.862,802.58212,245.03
Price / Cash129.7481.0248.3133.11
Price / Book0.931.701.442.79
Net Income£88.95M£58.12M£399.89M£154.04M
7 Day Performance-0.68%-0.28%0.08%-0.59%
1 Month Performance-1.46%-0.59%7.30%7.21%
1 Year Performance-0.09%9.97%15.62%94.65%

Scottish American Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 504.55
+0.9%
N/A-1.8%£899.71M£103.33M1,009.10N/A
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,250
flat
N/A+17.7%£3.52B£652.76M572.643
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 327.50
-1.4%
N/A-1.5%£3.02B£374M859.21N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 585
flat
N/A+18.4%£2.88B£345.48M670.11N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
0.6676 of 5 stars
GBX 342.20
+3.1%
GBX 334
-2.4%
+56.5%£2.82B£342.10M4,180.00391
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,890
-0.1%
N/A+4.9%£2.72B£314.90M1,162.8362News Coverage
Positive News
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.5522 of 5 stars
GBX 238.87
-6.1%
GBX 245.33
+2.7%
+70.1%£2.58B£578.70M1,106.52N/ADividend Increase
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,256
+1.3%
N/A+24.1%£2.53B£419.32M702.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 537
+1.3%
N/A+36.8%£2.46B£255.96M1,070.94N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
1.0419 of 5 stars
GBX 137.45
+1.1%
GBX 155
+12.8%
-20.9%£2.45B£1.41B800.004,719
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 118.60
-2.1%
N/A-12.9%£2.40B£35.20M6,060.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SAIN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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