EDIN vs. ATST, PCT, 3IN, BUR, PHLL, RCP, JGGI, ABDN, HGT, and CTY
Should you be buying Edinburgh Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edinburgh Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Burford Capital (BUR), Petershill Partners (PHLL), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), abrdn (ABDN), HgCapital Trust (HGT), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Edinburgh Investment vs.
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 95.34% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.17%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Edinburgh Investment's return on equity.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edinburgh Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 16 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alliance Trust received 24 more outperform votes than Edinburgh Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Edinburgh Investment. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edinburgh Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Edinburgh Investment beats Alliance Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EDIN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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