SCP vs. EGL, BMD, DGI9, JCGI, BSV, SMIF, FJV, BVT, FTV, and PEMB
Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (EGL), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Foresight VCT (FTV), and Pembroke VCT B (PEMB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (LON:EGL) and Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
43.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Schroder UK Mid Cap 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.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 91.69% compared to Schroder UK Mid Cap's net margin of 0.00%. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra's return on equity of 16.54% beat Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder UK Mid Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra pays out -4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 2,187.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder UK Mid Cap. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra and 0 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra'saverage media sentiment score.
Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra received 13 more outperform votes than Schroder UK Mid Cap when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.91% of users gave Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Schroder UK Mid Cap an outperform vote.
Summary
Schroder UK Mid Cap beats Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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