IBT vs. SAIN, TMPL, SLPE, MUT, NBPE, AGT.LN, MRCH, OCI, IEM, and JESC
Should you be buying International Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Biotechnology include Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Temple Bar (TMPL), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Murray Income Trust (MUT), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
International Biotechnology vs.
Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) and International Biotechnology (LON:IBT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Biotechnology has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Biotechnology received 132 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote while only 77.71% of users gave International Biotechnology an outperform vote.
Scottish American Investment has higher revenue and earnings than International Biotechnology. International Biotechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scottish American Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. International Biotechnology pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Scottish American Investment pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Biotechnology pays out 27.7% 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. International Biotechnology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled International Biotechnology'saverage media sentiment score.
16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to International Biotechnology's net margin of 90.66%. International Biotechnology's return on equity of 13.67% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.
Summary
Scottish American Investment beats International Biotechnology on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IBT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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