Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU) Competitors

Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Is SOI or MTU a better dividend stock?

Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% 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.

Is SOI or MTU more profitable?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to Schroder Oriental Income's net margin of 88.88%. Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity of 16.22% beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Oriental Income	88.88%	16.22%	-2.12%
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	91.45%	13.16%	5.77%

Do analysts recommend SOI or MTU?

Schroder Oriental Income currently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Schroder Oriental Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schroder Oriental Income is more favorable than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SOI or MTU?

33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SOI or MTU?

Schroder Oriental Income has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, 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
Schroder Oriental Income	£119.46M	5.66	£106.18M	£45.66	6.37
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	£28.80M	5.89	£26.33M	£15.79	6.46

Which has more risk & volatility, SOI or MTU?

Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SOI or MTU?

In the previous week, Schroder Oriental Income had 2 more articles in the media than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income and 0 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. Schroder Oriental Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Montanaro UK Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Oriental Income	Neutral
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Neutral

Summary

Schroder Oriental Income beats Montanaro UK Smaller Companies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.