Syncona (SYNC) Competitors

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) and Syncona (LON:SYNC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HGT or SYNC?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Syncona. HgCapital Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Syncona, 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
HgCapital Trust	£255.96M	9.60	£230.52M	£0.50	1,074.00
Syncona	£30.75M	20.58	£3.79M	£0.01	9,920.00

Is HGT or SYNC more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 90.06% compared to Syncona's net margin of 12.32%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 10.52% beat Syncona's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	90.06%	10.52%	6.88%
Syncona	12.32%	0.30%	0.40%

Is HGT or SYNC a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Syncona pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HgCapital Trust pays out 1,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Syncona pays out 20,000.0% 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 favor HGT or SYNC?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Syncona. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 1 mentions for Syncona. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Syncona's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Syncona	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, HGT or SYNC?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Syncona has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HGT or SYNC?

HgCapital Trust received 13 more outperform votes than Syncona when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Syncona an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%
Syncona	Outperform Votes 97 59.88%	Underperform Votes 65 40.12%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HGT or SYNC?

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Syncona shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Syncona shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HGT or SYNC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HgCapital Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Syncona	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Syncona on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.