Syncona (SYNC) Competitors

Syncona (LON:SYNC) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is SYNC or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Syncona's net margin of -310.53%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat Syncona's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Syncona	-310.53%	-1.47%	0.40%
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%

Is SYNC or HICL a better dividend stock?

Syncona pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Syncona pays out -73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HICL Infrastructure pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SYNC or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Syncona. Syncona is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
Syncona	£5.44M	111.30	-£16.90M	-£2.71	-35.88
HICL Infrastructure	£105.30M	23.53	£101.36M	£5.10	24.40

Does the media prefer SYNC or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Syncona. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Syncona. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Syncona's score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Syncona	Neutral
HICL Infrastructure	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SYNC or HICL?

Syncona has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SYNC or HICL?

67.1% of Syncona shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.7% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Syncona shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats Syncona on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.