HgCapital Trust (HGT) Competitors

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, HGT or STJ?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HGT or STJ more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 11.93% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HGT or STJ?

HgCapital Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, 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
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.50	£284.58M	£60.49	8.35
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.27	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,096.71

Do analysts rate HGT or STJ?

St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than HgCapital Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HgCapital 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 & insiders believe in HGT or STJ?

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HGT or STJ a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to HGT or STJ?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust and HgCapital Trust both had 1 articles in the media. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.67 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats St. James's Place on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.