Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,560 +4.00 (+0.26%) As of 02/21/2025 12:11 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesInsider Trades SSON vs. ICP, STJ, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, PHLL, and ATSTShould you be buying Smithson Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithson Investment Trust include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Smithson Investment Trust vs. Intermediate Capital Group St. James's Place Schroders Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown M&G Polar Capital Technology Trust Petershill Partners Alliance Trust Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SSON or ICP? 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher earnings and valuation, SSON or ICP? 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 RatioSmithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-147.94-£42.74M-£33.47-46.60Intermediate Capital Group£831.60M0.00£409.10M£0.77N/A Does the media prefer SSON or ICP? In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Smithson Investment Trust Positive Intermediate Capital Group Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSON or ICP? Intermediate Capital Group received 398 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSmithson Investment TrustN/AN/AIntermediate Capital GroupOutperform Votes39870.44% Underperform Votes16729.56% Is SSON or ICP 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 Smithson Investment Trust317.04% -2.13% N/A Intermediate Capital Group 56.78%20.09%4.57% SummaryIntermediate Capital Group beats Smithson Investment Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. 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£1.99B£1.22B£4.22B£2.60BDividend YieldN/A4.54%4.29%5.04%P/E Ratio-46.6026.9316.05162.81Price / Sales-147.942,353.531,758.14309,391.95Price / CashN/A60.4148.6027.80Price / Book1.061.153.395.11Net Income-£42.74M£255.24M£1.26B£5.68B7 Day Performance-0.13%-0.44%-0.24%-1.09%1 Month Performance2.77%0.56%1.79%-0.84%1 Year Performance12.57%9.98%14.50%39.59% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,560+0.3%N/A+14.1%£1.99B£-13,481,214.92-46.60N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsICPIntermediate Capital Group0.4297 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579STJSt. James's Place1.027 of 5 starsGBX 1,147+1.2%GBX 784.25-31.6%+68.1%£6.20B£26.27B-961.352,298SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders1.5549 of 5 starsGBX 386.70+0.5%GBX 368.50-4.7%-4.8%£6.00B£2.78B16.896,438News CoverageFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,198+0.2%N/A+21.5%£5.79B£981.19M6.21N/ADividend AnnouncementPositive NewsHLHargreaves Lansdown1.0764 of 5 starsGBX 1,100-0.1%GBX 1,048.20-4.7%+36.5%£5.22B£764.90M1,774.191,850High Trading VolumeMNGM&G0.1415 of 5 starsGBX 212.25-0.3%GBX 223.33+5.2%-7.2%£5.06B£9.02B30.276,101PCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 376.72+0.1%N/A-87.0%£4.44B£1.24B3.70120PHLLPetershill Partners1.8966 of 5 starsGBX 268.50+0.6%GBX 245.33-8.6%+51.8%£3.65B£706.00M10.89N/AGap UpATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intermediate Capital Group Competitors St. James's Place Competitors Schroders Competitors Schroders Competitors F&C Investment Trust Competitors Hargreaves Lansdown Competitors M&G Competitors Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors Petershill Partners Competitors Alliance Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:SSON) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIEDRobert F. 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