Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,338 -36.00 (-2.62%) As of 12:19 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. ICP, SDRC, SDR, STJ, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and PHLLShould you be buying Smithson Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithson Investment Trust include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), St. James's Place (STJ), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Petershill Partners (PHLL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Smithson Investment Trust vs. Intermediate Capital Group Schroders Schroders St. James's Place F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown M&G Polar Capital Technology Trust Alliance Trust Petershill Partners Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership. Does the media favor ICP or SSON? In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Intermediate Capital Group Neutral Smithson Investment Trust Very Positive Is ICP or SSON more profitable? Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Intermediate Capital Group56.78% 20.09% 4.57% Smithson Investment Trust 317.04%-2.13%N/A Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ICP or SSON? 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ICP or SSON? Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIntermediate Capital Group£831.60M0.00£409.10M£0.77N/ASmithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-126.89-£42.74M-£33.47-39.97 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICP or SSON? Intermediate Capital Group received 398 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIntermediate Capital GroupOutperform Votes39870.44% Underperform Votes16729.56% Smithson Investment TrustN/AN/A SummaryIntermediate Capital Group beats Smithson Investment Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Smithson Investment Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SSON and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SSON vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSmithson Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.71B£1.04B£3.94B£2.41BDividend YieldN/A4.43%4.19%4.95%P/E Ratio-39.9726.0115.53127.76Price / Sales-126.892,110.071,581.06257,920.01Price / CashN/A60.8148.9727.87Price / Book0.911.043.274.33Net Income-£42.74M£259.01M£1.28B£5.76B7 Day Performance-6.82%-5.29%3.15%2.04%1 Month Performance-11.27%-6.44%1.69%0.73%1 Year Performance-4.83%-1.60%5.90%92.67% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,338-2.6%N/A-3.0%£1.71B£-13,481,214.92-39.97N/AHigh Trading VolumeICPIntermediate Capital Group0.317 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders3.1391 of 5 starsGBX 378-1.1%GBX 427.33+13.1%-11.7%£5.87B£2.78B16.516,438STJSt. James's Place1.2936 of 5 starsGBX 1,030flatGBX 784.25-23.9%+97.8%£5.57B£26.27B-863.292,298FCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,125.44+0.5%N/A+5.0%£5.44B£981.19M5.83N/ADividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown0.6657 of 5 starsGBX 1,108.50flatGBX 1,104-0.4%+50.2%£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumeMNGM&G0.9156 of 5 starsGBX 219.100.0%GBX 223.75+2.1%-8.0%£5.22B£9.02B31.246,101PCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 317-0.5%N/A-90.8%£3.74B£1.24B3.11120News CoverageATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003PHLLPetershill Partners2.4543 of 5 starsGBX 245.50-0.2%GBX 245.33-0.1%+13.6%£3.34B£706.00M9.96N/ADividend CutGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intermediate Capital Group Competitors Schroders Competitors Schroders Competitors St. James's Place Competitors F&C Investment Trust Competitors Hargreaves Lansdown Competitors M&G Competitors Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors Alliance Trust Competitors Petershill Partners Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:SSON) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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