SCP vs. GSCT, JFJ, USA, BBH, TFIF, JESC, MRCH, BGSC, TMPL, and EWI
Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), BMO Global Smaller Companies (BGSC), Temple Bar (TMPL), and Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder UK Mid Cap vs.
The Global Smaller Companies Trust (LON:GSCT) and Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. The Global Smaller Companies Trust pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
The Global Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.9% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Global Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The Global Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder UK Mid Cap'saverage media sentiment score.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 83.87% compared to The Global Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity of 8.11% beat The Global Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than The Global Smaller Companies Trust. The Global Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder UK Mid Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroder UK Mid Cap received 104 more outperform votes than The Global Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Schroder UK Mid Cap beats The Global Smaller Companies Trust on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (LON:SCP) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
