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Alliance Trust (ATST) Competitors

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GBX 1,208
-8.00 (-0.66%)
(As of 10/29/2024 ET)

ATST vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, and STJ

Should 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 (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.

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.

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.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Legal & General GroupOutperform Votes
1245
71.80%
Underperform Votes
489
28.20%
Alliance TrustOutperform Votes
110
73.33%
Underperform Votes
40
26.67%

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 Ratio
Legal & General Group£12.32B1.03£281M£0.054,349.36
Alliance Trust£652.76M5.21£601.66M£2.12569.81

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

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.

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)
2.67
Alliance Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Summary

Legal & General Group beats Alliance Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ATST vs. The Competition

MetricAlliance TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.40B£801.86M£4.43B£1.40B
Dividend Yield2.24%13.46%4.57%11.94%
P/E Ratio569.81761.43420.871,566.36
Price / Sales5.2113,811.932,778.58208,207.69
Price / Cash38.0680.3547.7733.42
Price / Book0.951.691.482.72
Net Income£601.66M£60.99M£517.98M£155.78M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,208
-0.7%
N/A+22.7%£3.40B£652.76M569.813High Trading Volume
LGEN
Legal & General Group
3.1891 of 5 stars
GBX 220.50
-1.6%
GBX 279
+26.5%
+5.4%£12.88B£12.32B4,410.0011,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.2899 of 5 stars
GBX 877
+1.7%
N/A+36.3%£12.10B£-712,340,000.00-1,686.54N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,604
+1.0%
N/A+22.7%£6.63B£3.14B341.94N/ADividend Increase
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.6174 of 5 stars
GBX 2,146.57
+1.6%
N/A+65.1%£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News Coverage
SDRC
Schroders
N/AGBX 2,165
-2.0%
N/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
2.6493 of 5 stars
GBX 356.80
+1.0%
GBX 432
+21.1%
-2.0%£5.74B£2.93B1,486.676,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,058
+0.8%
N/A+24.6%£5.19B£1.02B551.04N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.0876 of 5 stars
GBX 1,086
0.0%
GBX 1,048.20
-3.5%
+54.3%£5.15B£764.90M1,751.611,850News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
1.2505 of 5 stars
GBX 200.50
-0.9%
GBX 223.33
+11.4%
+0.1%£4.77B£6.21B2,864.296,101
STJ
St. James's Place
1.1034 of 5 stars
GBX 846
-1.7%
GBX 784.25
-7.3%
+28.1%£4.57B£26.80B-84,600.002,298

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This page (LON:ATST) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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