SAIN vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, BPT, RCP, MNKS, and EMG
Should you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Scottish American Investment vs. Its Competitors
Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 2.7%. 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 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.
In the previous week, Scottish American Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Scottish American Investment and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish American Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Scottish American Investment beats Alliance Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SAIN) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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