SDR vs. SMT, LGEN, PSH, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, STJ, and PCT
Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders vs.
Schroders (LON:SDR) and Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Schroders received 340 more outperform votes than Scottish Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.84% of users gave Scottish Mortgage an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Schroders has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Scottish Mortgage's net margin of 0.00%. Schroders' return on equity of 8.96% beat Scottish Mortgage's return on equity.
Schroders has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroders, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroders currently has a consensus price target of GBX 368.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than Scottish Mortgage.
33.9% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish Mortgage pays out -769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 2 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 2 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Scottish Mortgage's score of 0.11 indicating that Schroders is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Schroders beats Scottish Mortgage on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SDR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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