SSON vs. PHLL, HGT, INPP, BUR, CTY, TRIG, HICL, MNKS, STJ, and JGGI
Should you be buying Smithson Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithson Investment Trust include Petershill Partners (PHLL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Burford Capital (BUR), City of London (CTY), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Monks (MNKS), St. James's Place (STJ), and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Petershill Partners received 13 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Petershill Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Petershill Partners and 1 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petershill Partners'average media sentiment score.
Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petershill Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petershill Partners currently has a consensus target price of GBX 248.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.77%. Given Smithson Investment Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.
86.1% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Petershill Partners has a net margin of 58.77% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 0.00%. Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.72% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Petershill Partners beats Smithson Investment Trust on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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