abrdn (ABDN) Competitors

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

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 7.6%. 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.

Does the media favor SMT or ABDN?

In the previous week, Scottish Mortgage had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Scottish Mortgage and 0 mentions for abrdn. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Scottish Mortgage's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Mortgage	Neutral
abrdn	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, SMT or ABDN?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SMT or ABDN?

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

Do analysts recommend SMT or ABDN?

abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 184.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.67%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	10.44	£1.19B	£97.47	11.02
abrdn	£1.49B	2.37	£316.36M	£17.59	11.23

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%

Summary

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