Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) Competitors

Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate ATT or STJ?

St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, suggesting a potential upside of 22.27%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Allianz Technology Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allianz Technology Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ATT or STJ?

1.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of St. James's Place 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ATT or STJ?

Allianz Technology Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. Allianz Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. James's Place, 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
Allianz Technology Trust	£143.63M	11.96	£502.74M	£0.37	1,229.97
St. James's Place	£16.94B	0.38	-£6.46M	£0.94	1,287.90

Which has more risk and volatility, ATT or STJ?

Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ATT or STJ?

In the previous week, Allianz Technology Trust had 2 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Allianz Technology Trust and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Allianz Technology Trust's score of 1.07 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allianz Technology Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ATT or STJ more profitable?

Allianz Technology Trust has a net margin of 98.24% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Allianz Technology Trust's return on equity of 34.32% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allianz Technology Trust	98.24%	34.32%	22.44%
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%

Summary

St. James's Place beats Allianz Technology Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.