Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) Competitors

Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Strategic Equity Capital (LON:SEC) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Is SOI or SEC a better dividend stock?

Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Strategic Equity Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strategic Equity Capital pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is SOI or SEC more profitable?

Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to Strategic Equity Capital's net margin of 88.65%. Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity of 16.22% beat Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Oriental Income	88.88%	16.22%	-2.12%
Strategic Equity Capital	88.65%	14.97%	10.64%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SOI or SEC?

33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SOI or SEC?

Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SOI or SEC?

Schroder Oriental Income has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Equity Capital. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Equity Capital, 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 Oriental Income	£119.46M	5.89	£106.18M	£45.66	6.63
Strategic Equity Capital	£28.94M	6.01	£25.65M	£55.46	6.79

Does the media prefer SOI or SEC?

In the previous week, Strategic Equity Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Strategic Equity Capital and 0 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Strategic Equity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Schroder Oriental Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Equity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Oriental Income	Neutral
Strategic Equity Capital	Positive

Do analysts rate SOI or SEC?

Schroder Oriental Income currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Schroder Oriental Income's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Schroder Oriental Income is more favorable than Strategic Equity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Strategic Equity Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Strategic Equity Capital beats Schroder Oriental Income on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.