Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP) Competitors

Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCP or ICGT?

Schroder UK Mid Cap received 62 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave Schroder UK Mid Cap an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder UK Mid Cap	Outperform Votes 104 69.33%	Underperform Votes 46 30.67%
ICG Enterprise Trust	Outperform Votes 42 63.64%	Underperform Votes 24 36.36%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SCP or ICGT?

32.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SCP or ICGT?

Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICG Enterprise Trust. Schroder UK Mid Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, 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 UK Mid Cap	£21.55M	9.85	£18.07M	£0.52	1,180.77
ICG Enterprise Trust	£42.24M	20.30	£17.37M	£0.26	5,046.15

Which has more risk & volatility, SCP or ICGT?

Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SCP or ICGT?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder UK Mid Cap. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Schroder UK Mid Cap's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder UK Mid Cap	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	Very Positive

Is SCP or ICGT a better dividend stock?

Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 4,038.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 13,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder UK Mid Cap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SCP or ICGT more profitable?

Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 83.87% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 41.11%. Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity of 8.11% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder UK Mid Cap	83.87%	8.11%	4.88%
ICG Enterprise Trust	41.11%	1.34%	0.78%

Summary

Schroder UK Mid Cap beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.