Schroder Income Growth (SCF) Competitors

Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SCF or TMPL?

10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SCF or TMPL more profitable?

Temple Bar has a net margin of 91.16% compared to Schroder Income Growth's net margin of 86.82%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 12.00% beat Schroder Income Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Income Growth	86.82%	7.50%	4.32%
Temple Bar	91.16%	12.00%	7.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCF or TMPL?

Temple Bar received 70 more outperform votes than Schroder Income Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.87% of users gave Temple Bar an outperform vote while only 67.68% of users gave Schroder Income Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Income Growth	Outperform Votes 67 67.68%	Underperform Votes 32 32.32%
Temple Bar	Outperform Votes 137 72.87%	Underperform Votes 51 27.13%

Which has more risk & volatility, SCF or TMPL?

Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCF or TMPL a better dividend stock?

Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Schroder Income Growth pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Temple Bar pays out 3,448.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SCF or TMPL?

Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Income Growth. Temple Bar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Income Growth, 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
Schroder Income Growth	£18.73M	10.31	£16.26M	£0.23	1,208.70
Temple Bar	£95.25M	7.96	£86.83M	£0.29	912.07

Does the media prefer SCF or TMPL?

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth and Schroder Income Growth both had 3 articles in the media. Schroder Income Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Temple Bar's score of -0.32 indicating that Schroder Income Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Income Growth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Temple Bar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Temple Bar beats Schroder Income Growth on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.