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LON:SCAM

Scottish American Investment - SCAM Competitors

GBX 417.50
+2.50 (+0.60%)
(As of 09/6/2019)
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Today's Range
415.48
418.67
50-Day Range
417.50
417.50
52-Week Range
346
429
Volume
170,822 shs
Average Volume
141,861 shs
Market Capitalization
£603.25 million
P/E Ratio
9.08
Dividend Yield
0.03%
Price Target
N/A

SCAM vs. HSL, DGI9, NESF, SCIN, IPO, P2P, MERI, SHED, EWI, and JII

Should you be buying Scottish American Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish American Investment include The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (HSL), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN), IP Group (IPO), P2P Global Investments (P2P), Chrysalis Investments (MERI), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), and JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust (JII). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Scottish American Investment vs.

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (LON:HSL) and Scottish American Investment (LON:SCAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

In the previous week, The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Scottish American Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Scottish American Investment has higher revenue and earnings than The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust. The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment 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
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust-£247.06 million-2.40-£253.11 million-£3.35-237.31
Scottish American Investment£74.89 million8.05N/A£46.009.08

49.8% of The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are held 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.

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust received 1 more outperform votes than Scottish American Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 67.80% of users gave Scottish American Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment TrustOutperform Votes
81
68.64%
Underperform Votes
37
31.36%
Scottish American InvestmentOutperform Votes
80
67.80%
Underperform Votes
38
32.20%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Scottish American Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Scottish American Investment's return on equity of 0.00% beat The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust N/A -30.67% -16.96%
Scottish American Investment N/A N/A N/A

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Scottish American Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays out -716.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish American Investment pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust beats Scottish American Investment on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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SCAM vs. The Competition

MetricScottish American InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£603.25M£614.39M£5.83B£1.35B
Dividend Yield2.78%15.97%8.48%13.10%
P/E Ratio9.08654.93136.681,562.30
Price / Sales8.0518,154.885,919.2144,709.30
Price / Cash61.0378.6031.2432.63
Price / Book1.061.733.482.84
Net IncomeN/A-£394,297.52£646.26M£166.27M
7 Day PerformanceN/A12.49%2.12%3.72%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-4.40%-5.65%-4.74%
1 Year PerformanceN/A19.77%-5.52%14.97%

Scottish American Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSL
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 815.49
+0.2%
N/A-18.6%£609.17M£-247,060,000.00-240.56N/ANews Coverage
DGI9
Digital 9 Infrastructure
0 of 5 stars
GBX 70.54
+0.1%
N/A-36.9%£610.31MN/A641.29N/A
NESF
NextEnergy Solar Fund
1.5104 of 5 stars
GBX 104.01
-0.2%
GBX 130
+25.0%
+0.0%£613.59M£175.65M472.76N/A
SCIN
The Scottish Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 895
-1.1%
N/A-1.1%£592.25M£51.43M1,570.1815
IPO
IP Group
2.1113 of 5 stars
GBX 56.85
-0.8%
GBX 147
+158.6%
-39.8%£591.24M£-302,000,000.00-183.39104Gap Down
P2P
P2P Global Investments
0 of 5 stars
GBX 826
-0.2%
N/AN/A£617.42M£119.18M20.91N/A
MERI
Chrysalis Investments
0 of 5 stars
GBX 174
+8.8%
N/AN/A£585.93MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
SHED
Urban Logistics REIT
0 of 5 stars
GBX 123.97
+0.4%
GBX 170
+37.1%
-35.7%£585.09M£47.65M399.89N/A
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 150
-1.8%
N/A-29.5%£584.13M£-527,290,000.00-119.05N/APositive News
JII
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 776.40
+0.6%
N/A-0.3%£581.83M£46.41M1,362.11N/A
This page (LON:SCAM) was last updated on 3/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff