Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is LWDB or SJG more profitable?

Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 102.74% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%
Schroder Japan Trust	102.74%	15.34%	7.69%

Is LWDB or SJG a better dividend stock?

Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% 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 Japan Trust pays out 1,282.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate LWDB or SJG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Law Debenture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Schroder Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, LWDB or SJG?

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LWDB or SJG?

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Schroder Japan Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture	Neutral
Schroder Japan Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LWDB or SJG?

Schroder Japan Trust received 9 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%
Schroder Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 88 63.77%	Underperform Votes 50 36.23%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LWDB or SJG?

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LWDB or SJG?

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, 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
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.70	£140.61M	£1.08	809.26
Schroder Japan Trust	£45.68M	6.24	£46.93M	£0.39	625.64

Summary

Law Debenture beats Schroder Japan Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.