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GBX 194.99 -0.91 (-0.47%)
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ABDN vs. SMT, PSH, STJ, MNG, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, and PCT

Should you be buying abrdn stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn include Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

abrdn vs. Its Competitors

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 206.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scottish Mortgage£1.26B10.71£1.19B£97.4711.31
abrdn£1.49B2.34£316.36M£17.5911.08

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.

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 7.7%. 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.

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 Mortgage94.48% 11.53% -3.48%
abrdn 21.19%6.46%0.68%

In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 1 mentions for abrdn. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat abrdn's score of 0.82 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
abrdn
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ABDN vs. The Competition

MetricabrdnAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.49B£1.30B£6.52B£3.18B
Dividend Yield9.33%4.40%4.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio11.0822.5614.32166.92
Price / Sales2.342,443.381,767.43448,413.15
Price / Cash2.8360.62127.5027.93
Price / Book0.681.395.286.35
Net Income£316.36M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.67%0.67%0.96%0.77%
1 Month Performance-2.41%1.25%2.45%49.50%
1 Year Performance29.43%6.80%24.82%141.61%

abrdn Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABDN
abrdn
1.9625 of 5 stars
GBX 194.99
-0.5%
GBX 206.60
+6.0%
+29.6%£3.49B£1.49B11.084,719
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.1312 of 5 stars
GBX 1,084.48
+0.2%
N/A+33.1%£13.26B£1.26B11.13N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,274
+0.9%
N/A+18.8%£9.78B£3.57B4.48N/ANews Coverage
Insider Trade
STJ
St. James's Place
2.6384 of 5 stars
GBX 1,303
+0.1%
GBX 1,485
+14.0%
+79.5%£7.05B£26.27B-1,092.102,298
MNG
M&G
0.6159 of 5 stars
GBX 263.60
+0.4%
GBX 255
-3.3%
+26.3%£6.28B£9.02B37.596,101
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDR
Schroders
1.5749 of 5 stars
GBX 396.20
+0.3%
GBX 387
-2.3%
+12.3%£6.15B£2.78B17.306,438
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,162.98
0.0%
N/A+13.9%£5.62B£981.19M6.03N/ADividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.9904 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 403.63
+0.2%
N/A-86.7%£4.76B£1.24B3.96120Positive News

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This page (LON:ABDN) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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