SAIN vs. ATST, PHLL, 3IN, ABDN, BUR, JGGI, RCP, EMG, BPT, and MNKS
Should you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Man Group (EMG), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Scottish American Investment vs.
Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Scottish American Investment pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish American Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.17%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.
Alliance Trust received 106 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 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Scottish American Investment'saverage media sentiment score.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish American Investment. Alliance Trust 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.
6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are held 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.
Summary
Alliance Trust beats Scottish American Investment on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Scottish American Investment News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SAIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Scottish American Investment Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:SAIN) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
