RAT vs. STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN
Should you be buying Rathbones Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rathbones Group include St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Rathbones Group vs. Its Competitors
Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Rathbones Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,087, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. St. James's Place has a consensus target price of GBX 1,170, suggesting a potential downside of 4.45%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than St. James's Place.
Rathbones Group 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 Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, St. James's Place had 1 more articles in the media than Rathbones Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for St. James's Place and 6 mentions for Rathbones Group. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.42 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rathbones Group has a net margin of 7.25% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 4.66% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.
Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Rathbones Group pays out 143.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats St. James's Place on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RAT) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
