Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) 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, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Is SJG or LWDB a better dividend stock?

Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. 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.

Is SJG or LWDB 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
Schroder Japan Trust	102.74%	15.34%	7.69%
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%

Which has more volatility and risk, SJG or LWDB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SJG or LWDB?

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

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

74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SJG or LWDB?

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
Schroder Japan Trust	£45.68M	6.31	£46.93M	£0.39	632.73
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.73	£140.61M	£1.08	813.89

Does the media refer more to SJG or LWDB?

In the previous week, Schroder Japan Trust and Schroder Japan Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Japan Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Law Debenture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Law Debenture beats Schroder Japan Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.