Alliance Trust (ATST) Competitors GBX 1,208 -8.00 (-0.66%) (As of 10/29/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades ATST vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, and STJShould you be buying Alliance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Trust include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), and St. James's Place (STJ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Alliance Trust vs. Legal & General Group Scottish Mortgage Pershing Square Intermediate Capital Group Schroders Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown M&G St. James's Place Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking. Which has more risk & volatility, LGEN or ATST? Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LGEN or ATST? 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is LGEN or ATST more profitable? Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Legal & General Group2.46% 6.51% 0.18% Alliance Trust 92.17%17.93%10.95% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LGEN or ATST? Legal & General Group received 1135 more outperform votes than Alliance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 71.80% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLegal & General GroupOutperform Votes124571.80% Underperform Votes48928.20% Alliance TrustOutperform Votes11073.33% Underperform Votes4026.67% Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LGEN or ATST? Alliance Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. Alliance Trust 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLegal & General Group£12.32B1.03£281M£0.054,349.36Alliance Trust£652.76M5.21£601.66M£2.12569.81 Does the media refer more to LGEN or ATST? In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.64 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Legal & General Group Positive Alliance Trust Positive Is LGEN or ATST a better dividend stock? Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Legal & General Group pays out 42,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts rate LGEN or ATST? Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 279, suggesting a potential upside of 28.29%. Given Legal & General Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Alliance Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Legal & General Group 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Alliance Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) N/A SummaryLegal & General Group beats Alliance Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto Swap Profits24/7 Automated Profits in CryptoWhat if you could make consistent daily profits in crypto with minimal effort? 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ATST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlliance TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£3.40B£801.86M£4.43B£1.40BDividend Yield2.24%13.46%4.57%11.94%P/E Ratio569.81761.43420.871,566.36Price / Sales5.2113,811.932,778.58208,207.69Price / Cash38.0680.3547.7733.42Price / Book0.951.691.482.72Net Income£601.66M£60.99M£517.98M£155.78M7 Day Performance-0.82%-0.17%6.07%4.19%1 Month Performance1.47%-0.85%-0.49%2.83%1 Year Performance21.53%14.62%19.31%24.42% Alliance Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ATSTAlliance TrustN/AGBX 1,208-0.7%N/A+22.7%£3.40B£652.76M569.813High Trading VolumeLGENLegal & General Group3.1891 of 5 starsGBX 220.50-1.6%GBX 279+26.5%+5.4%£12.88B£12.32B4,410.0011,956Positive NewsSMTScottish Mortgage0.2899 of 5 starsGBX 877+1.7%N/A+36.3%£12.10B£-712,340,000.00-1,686.54N/APSHPershing SquareN/AGBX 3,604+1.0%N/A+22.7%£6.63B£3.14B341.94N/ADividend IncreaseICPIntermediate Capital Group0.6174 of 5 starsGBX 2,146.57+1.6%N/A+65.1%£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News CoverageSDRCSchrodersN/AGBX 2,165-2.0%N/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders2.6493 of 5 starsGBX 356.80+1.0%GBX 432+21.1%-2.0%£5.74B£2.93B1,486.676,438FCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,058+0.8%N/A+24.6%£5.19B£1.02B551.04N/ADividend AnnouncementNews CoveragePositive NewsHLHargreaves Lansdown1.0876 of 5 starsGBX 1,0860.0%GBX 1,048.20-3.5%+54.3%£5.15B£764.90M1,751.611,850News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeMNGM&G1.2505 of 5 starsGBX 200.50-0.9%GBX 223.33+11.4%+0.1%£4.77B£6.21B2,864.296,101STJSt. James's Place1.1034 of 5 starsGBX 846-1.7%GBX 784.25-7.3%+28.1%£4.57B£26.80B-84,600.002,298 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LGEN Alternatives SMT Alternatives PSH Alternatives ICP Alternatives SDRC Alternatives SDR Alternatives FCIT Alternatives HL Alternatives MNG Alternatives STJ Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:ATST) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | Sponsoredtop AI stock (it’s not MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN or AAPL)AI was by far the biggest tech investing trend right now. 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