Scottish American (SAIN) Competitors

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and Scottish American (LON:SAIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate MUT or SAIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murray Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Scottish American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor MUT or SAIN?

In the previous week, Scottish American had 6 more articles in the media than Murray Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Scottish American and 0 mentions for Murray Income Trust. Scottish American's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Murray Income Trust's score of 0.15 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	Very Positive
Scottish American	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MUT or SAIN?

46.8% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Scottish American shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Scottish American shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MUT or SAIN?

Murray Income Trust received 95 more outperform votes than Scottish American when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Scottish American an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%
Scottish American	Outperform Votes 4 80.00%	Underperform Votes 1 20.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, MUT or SAIN?

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish American has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MUT or SAIN?

Scottish American has higher revenue and earnings than Murray Income Trust. Scottish American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income Trust, 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
Murray Income Trust	£88.65M	10.05	£80.03M	£0.72	1,156.25
Scottish American	£121.43M	7.13	£105.04M	£0.59	823.39

Is MUT or SAIN more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 90.28% compared to Murray Income Trust's net margin of 86.50%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 11.79% beat Scottish American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	90.28%	7.98%	4.65%
Scottish American	86.50%	11.79%	7.34%

Is MUT or SAIN a better dividend stock?

Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 41 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Scottish American pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Murray Income Trust pays out 5,694.4% 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 pays out 2,372.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats Scottish American on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.