ATST vs. 3IN, INPP, RCP, INVP, EMG, HICL, TRIG, OMU, SSON, and MNKS
Should you be buying Alliance Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Trust include 3i Infrastructure (3IN), International Public Partnerships (INPP), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Investec Group (INVP), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Old Mutual (OMU), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), and The Monks Investment Trust (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Alliance Trust vs.
3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 67.97% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 0.00%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 14.58% beat Alliance Trust's return on equity.
3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Trust. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 2,391.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliance Trust pays out -3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
3i Infrastructure received 74 more outperform votes than Alliance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote.
51.5% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
3i Infrastructure beats Alliance Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ATST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Alliance Trust Competitors List
