Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST) Competitors

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SST or GEN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos received 67 more outperform votes than Genuit Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.18% of users gave Genuit Group an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%
Genuit Group	Outperform Votes 34 87.18%	Underperform Votes 5 12.82%

Is SST or GEN a better dividend stock?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genuit Group pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to SST or GEN?

In the previous week, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Genuit Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral
Genuit Group	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SST or GEN?

78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SST or GEN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genuit Group. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuit 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
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	4.34	£60.88M	£261.69	5.58
Genuit Group	£553.28M	1.63	£23.57M	£9.53	38.24

Which has more volatility and risk, SST or GEN?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SST or GEN?

Genuit Group has a consensus price target of GBX 512.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.60%. Given Genuit Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Genuit Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SST or GEN more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 77.82% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 4.26%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%
Genuit Group	4.26%	3.74%	4.59%

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos and Genuit Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.