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Schroder Income Growth (SCF) Competitors

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GBX 318.40 -2.60 (-0.81%)
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SCF vs. RICA, SDP, SAIN, SLPE, CGT, AGT.LN, MRCH, JESC, APAX, and IEM

Should you be buying Schroder Income Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Income Growth include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Capital Gearing (CGT), AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN), The Merchants Trust (MRCH), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (JESC), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Schroder Income Growth vs. Its Competitors

Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) and Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) 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 valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ruffer Investment'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Schroder Income Growth Neutral
Ruffer Investment Neutral

Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Schroder Income Growth has a net margin of 91.20% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 17.23% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schroder Income Growth91.20% 17.23% 4.32%
Ruffer Investment 51.94%0.96%0.45%

Schroder Income Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Ruffer Investment 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schroder Income Growth£40.39M5.36£37.42M£0.57556.16
Ruffer Investment-£2.33M-368.12£8.78M-£0.01-19,965.28

8.3% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Schroder Income Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Schroder Income Growth pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ruffer Investment pays out -354.2% 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.

Summary

Schroder Income Growth beats Ruffer Investment on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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SCF vs. The Competition

MetricSchroder Income GrowthAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£216.53M£1.44B£6.34B£2.56B
Dividend Yield5.12%4.59%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio556.164,751.411,775.395,408.44
Price / Sales5.361,961.501,341.9896,652.47
Price / Cash91.3360.6248.9927.93
Price / Book0.951.362.078.75
Net Income£37.42M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.00%0.24%0.96%0.34%
1 Month Performance-0.19%1.15%2.00%44.40%
1 Year Performance7.93%7.92%31.49%168.87%

Schroder Income Growth Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCF
Schroder Income Growth
N/AGBX 318.40
-0.8%
N/A+7.7%£216.53M£40.39M556.16N/A
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 288.50
+0.7%
N/A+3.6%£859.96M-£2.33M-20,034.72N/APositive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 635
+0.5%
N/A+23.2%£859.92M£55.98M2,003.79N/APositive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 505
-0.8%
N/A+0.0%£854.76M£13.77M8,875.22N/A
SLPE
Standard Life Private Equity Trust
N/AGBX 555
+0.2%
N/A+7.1%£853.29M£289.51M298.07N/A
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,865
flat
N/A+2.1%£818.73M£37.55M2,705.78N/A
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume
MRCH
The Merchants Trust
N/AGBX 544
-0.4%
N/A-7.9%£807.43M£107.14M774.16N/A
JESC
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£795.72M£114.05M7.60N/A
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 163.60
flat
N/A+13.9%£789.19M-£44.79M-1,495.43N/A
IEM
Impax Environmental Markets
N/AGBX 393
-0.1%
N/A+2.2%£787.49M-£43.08M-1,897.63N/A

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This page (LON:SCF) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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