SDR vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, FCIT, HL, and PCT
Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders vs. Its Competitors
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Schroders has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Schroders' return on equity of 8.65% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 12 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Legal & General Group and 10 mentions for Schroders. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Schroders' score of 0.63 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 268.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.27%. Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 386.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.22%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Schroders.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 96.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Schroders on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SDR) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
