Schroder Income Growth (SCF) Competitors

Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) and abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (LON:APEO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SCF or APEO?

8.3% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of abrdn Private Equity Opportunities 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.

Is SCF or APEO a better dividend stock?

Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share. Schroder Income Growth pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities pays out 4,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder Income Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, SCF or APEO?

Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCF or APEO more profitable?

Schroder Income Growth has a net margin of 91.20% compared to abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' net margin of 76.01%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 17.23% beat abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Income Growth	91.20%	17.23%	4.32%
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	76.01%	5.18%	3.35%

Does the media favor SCF or APEO?

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Private Equity Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Income Growth and 0 mentions for abrdn Private Equity Opportunities. Schroder Income Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat abrdn Private Equity Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Income Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Income Growth	Positive
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SCF or APEO?

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Income Growth. abrdn Private Equity Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Income Growth, 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
Schroder Income Growth	£40.39M	5.35	£37.42M	£0.57	555.46
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities	£80.21M	0.00	£60.96M	£0.40	N/A

Summary

Schroder Income Growth beats abrdn Private Equity Opportunities on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.