abrdn (ABDN) Competitors

Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is SMT or ABDN a better dividend stock?

Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Scottish Mortgage pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, SMT or ABDN?

Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMT or ABDN?

Scottish Mortgage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than abrdn. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scottish Mortgage	£1.26B	10.48	£1.19B	£97.47	11.07
abrdn	£1.49B	2.43	£316.36M	£17.59	11.54

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SMT or ABDN?

19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SMT or ABDN?

In the previous week, abrdn had 3 more articles in the media than Scottish Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for abrdn and 3 mentions for Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat abrdn's score of 0.59 indicating that Scottish Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Mortgage	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
abrdn	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SMT or ABDN more profitable?

Scottish Mortgage has a net margin of 94.48% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Scottish Mortgage's return on equity of 11.53% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Mortgage	94.48%	11.53%	-3.48%
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%

Do analysts prefer SMT or ABDN?

abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 195.60, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Scottish Mortgage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scottish Mortgage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

abrdn beats Scottish Mortgage on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.