Schroder Oriental Income (SOI) Competitors

Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SOI or KNOS?

Schroder Oriental Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kainos Group. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, 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	5.26	£106.18M	£45.66	5.91
Kainos Group	£383.18M	2.21	£48.81M	£38.16	17.53

Does the media prefer SOI or KNOS?

In the previous week, Schroder Oriental Income and Schroder Oriental Income both had 1 articles in the media. Schroder Oriental Income's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Kainos Group's score of -1.04 indicating that Schroder Oriental Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kainos Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts rate SOI or KNOS?

Kainos Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,150, indicating a potential upside of 71.90%. Given Kainos Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Schroder Oriental Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kainos Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more volatility and risk, SOI or KNOS?

Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOI or KNOS?

Kainos Group received 126 more outperform votes than Schroder Oriental Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.83% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Schroder Oriental Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Oriental Income	Outperform Votes 126 68.85%	Underperform Votes 57 31.15%
Kainos Group	Outperform Votes 252 72.83%	Underperform Votes 94 27.17%

Is SOI or KNOS more profitable?

Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Oriental Income	88.88%	16.22%	-2.12%
Kainos Group	12.74%	33.12%	14.45%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SOI or KNOS?

33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SOI or KNOS a better dividend stock?

Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group pays out 70.8% 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. Schroder Oriental Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Kainos Group beats Schroder Oriental Income on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.