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Scottish American Investment (SAIN) Competitors

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GBX 514 +3.00 (+0.59%)
(As of 11:12 AM ET)

SAIN vs. ATST, 3IN, JGGI, BPT, RCP, PHLL, MNKS, ABDN, SSON, and HGT

Should you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), abrdn (ABDN), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Scottish American Investment vs.

Scottish American Investment (LON:SAIN) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Scottish American Investment has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Scottish American Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Scottish American Investment and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Scottish American Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish American Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Scottish American Investment Positive
Alliance Trust Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Scottish American Investment£103.33M8.87£88.95M£0.501,028.00
Alliance Trust£652.76M5.24£601.66M£2.12572.64

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Scottish American Investment's net margin of 86.08%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Scottish American Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Scottish American Investment86.08% 9.46% 5.89%
Alliance Trust 92.17%17.93%10.95%

Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Scottish American Investment pays out 2,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

16.3% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Scottish American Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Scottish American InvestmentOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
Alliance TrustOutperform Votes
110
73.33%
Underperform Votes
40
26.67%

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Scottish American Investment on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAIN vs. The Competition

MetricScottish American InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£916.57M£831.70M£3.33B£1.43B
Dividend Yield2.80%13.48%4.60%11.75%
P/E Ratio1,028.00764.53442.701,563.72
Price / Sales8.8713,843.373,087.82215,756.83
Price / Cash129.7480.0648.0932.90
Price / Book0.941.671.492.88
Net Income£88.95M£57.00M£397.86M£153.02M
7 Day Performance1.18%12.34%14.27%8.95%
1 Month Performance2.19%15.81%17.37%16.98%
1 Year Performance1.78%12.23%18.43%24.46%

Scottish American Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 514
+0.6%
N/A+1.2%£916.57M£103.33M1,028.00N/A
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,280
flat
N/A+21.4%£3.61B£652.76M572.643
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 323
-0.2%
N/A-0.5%£2.98B£374M850.00N/A
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 595
+0.7%
N/A+23.4%£2.93B£345.48M683.91N/A
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.2649 of 5 stars
GBX 340.20
-1.6%
GBX 334
-1.8%
+44.5%£2.80B£342.10M4,252.50391Gap Up
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,902
-0.7%
N/A+7.6%£2.74B£314.90M1,177.7862
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 248
+0.4%
GBX 245.33
-1.1%
+66.4%£2.68B£578.70M1,078.26N/A
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,278
+0.6%
N/A+28.2%£2.58B£419.32M714.03N/A
ABDN
abrdn
0.824 of 5 stars
GBX 140.45
-0.3%
GBX 155
+10.4%
-14.4%£2.50B£1.41B823.824,719
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,504
+0.5%
N/A+16.0%£2.44BN/A662.56N/APositive News
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 528
-0.9%
N/A+32.0%£2.42B£255.96M1,056.00N/A

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This page (LON:SAIN) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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