SYNC vs. SSON, EMG, HGT, HICL, QLT, CTY, INPP, JAM, CLDN, and TRIG
Should you be buying Syncona stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Syncona include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Man Group (EMG), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Quilter (QLT), City of London (CTY), International Public Partnerships (INPP), JPMorgan American (JAM), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Syncona vs.
Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Syncona (LON:SYNC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Syncona received 97 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Syncona has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Syncona, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Syncona shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Syncona shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Syncona has a net margin of 12.32% compared to Smithson Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Syncona's return on equity of 0.30% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Syncona had 2 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Syncona and 1 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Syncona's score of 0.57 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Syncona beats Smithson Investment Trust on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SYNC) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
