Scottish American Investment (SAIN) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ABDN or SAIN?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish American Investment. Scottish American Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, 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
abrdn	£1.49B	2.44	£316.36M	£17.59	11.59
Scottish American Investment	£75.38M	11.82	£87.22M	£49.87	10.22

Does the media favor ABDN or SAIN?

In the previous week, abrdn had 4 more articles in the media than Scottish American Investment. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for abrdn and 2 mentions for Scottish American Investment. Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat abrdn's score of 0.59 indicating that Scottish American Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Scottish American Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ABDN or SAIN?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or SAIN?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more 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.

Is ABDN or SAIN a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. abrdn pays out 85.3% 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.

Do analysts recommend ABDN or SAIN?

abrdn presently has a consensus target price of GBX 195.60, indicating a potential downside of 4.06%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Scottish American Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Scottish American Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ABDN or SAIN more profitable?

Scottish American Investment has a net margin of 115.71% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Scottish American Investment's return on equity of 9.33% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Scottish American Investment	115.71%	9.33%	5.89%

Summary

abrdn beats Scottish American Investment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.