SDR vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, FCIT, MNG, PCT, and ATST
Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Legal & General Group pays out 28,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Schroders' net margin of 3.81%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 9.00% beat Schroders' return on equity.
Legal & General Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 301, suggesting a potential upside of 20.84%. Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Schroders.
Legal & General Group received 769 more outperform votes than Schroders when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.83% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 5 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Legal & General Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than Schroders. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Schroders on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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