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Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

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GBX 252 +4.00 (+1.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:48 AM ET)

SJG vs. LWDB, EDIN, AGT, ASHM, GSS, FCSS, CGT, FSV, JPE, and TRY

Should you be buying Schroder Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Japan Trust include Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), and TR Property Investment Trust (TRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Schroder Japan Trust vs.

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

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

Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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.

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 Debenture69.85% 16.30% 8.76%
Schroder Japan Trust 102.74%15.34%7.69%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%
Schroder Japan TrustOutperform Votes
88
63.77%
Underperform Votes
50
36.23%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Law Debenture£201.31M5.75£140.61M£1.08816.67
Schroder Japan Trust£45.68M6.45£46.93M£0.39646.15

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 0.67 beat Schroder Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture Positive
Schroder Japan Trust Neutral

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Law Debenture beats Schroder Japan Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SJG vs. The Competition

MetricSchroder Japan TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£294.49M£1.00B£3.62B£1.77B
Dividend Yield2.18%12.82%4.47%10.92%
P/E Ratio646.15782.27421.601,710.64
Price / Sales6.452,032.132,194.88362,623.66
Price / Cash44.7895.5351.2936.68
Price / Book0.931.731.462.85
Net Income£46.93M£63.82M£351.99M£153.33M
7 Day Performance-0.40%-1.93%-1.62%-1.86%
1 Month Performance1.20%0.08%0.69%16.75%
1 Year Performance11.01%7.11%9.92%27.62%

Schroder Japan Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJG
Schroder Japan Trust
N/AGBX 252
+1.6%
N/A+11.0%£294.49M£45.68M646.15N/ADividend Cut
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 901
-0.6%
N/A+9.6%£1.18B£201.31M838.89260News Coverage
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 751
-0.3%
N/A+8.4%£1.12B£141.19M907.23N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 240.50
-0.6%
N/A+10.4%£1.09B£137.36M864.29N/APositive News
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.5341 of 5 stars
GBX 161.40
+0.2%
GBX 174
+7.8%
-29.2%£1.07B£186.80M1,150.71283
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 216.50
-2.0%
N/A+6.3%£1.03BN/A4,420.00N/AGap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,790
+0.1%
N/A+2.3%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,595.24N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 315
-0.6%
N/A+11.6%£1.02B£11.88M-31,500.0025,000
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AGBX 937.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 308
-0.6%
N/A-11.3%£977.44M£-528,720,000.00-175.0426News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SJG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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