Schroder Income Growth (SCF) Competitors

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (LON:VOF) and Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is VOF or SCF a better dividend stock?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Income Growth pays out 26.1% 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. Schroder Income Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, VOF or SCF?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VOF or SCF more profitable?

Schroder Income Growth has a net margin of 91.20% compared to VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's net margin of 72.35%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 17.23% beat VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	72.35%	6.52%	9.43%
Schroder Income Growth	91.20%	17.23%	4.32%

Which has better valuation & earnings, VOF or SCF?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Income Growth. Schroder Income Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund, 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
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	£115.59M	6.95	£83.63M	£37.51	12.08
Schroder Income Growth	£41.03M	4.96	£37.42M	£53.56	5.45

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VOF or SCF?

53.9% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VOF or SCF?

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund received 12 more outperform votes than Schroder Income Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.54% of users gave VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund an outperform vote while only 67.68% of users gave Schroder Income Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	Outperform Votes 79 70.54%	Underperform Votes 33 29.46%
Schroder Income Growth	Outperform Votes 67 67.68%	Underperform Votes 32 32.32%

Does the media refer more to VOF or SCF?

In the previous week, VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder Income Growth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund	Neutral
Schroder Income Growth	Neutral

Summary

VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund beats Schroder Income Growth on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.