Schroder Income Growth (SCF) Competitors

Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) and Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCF or MUT?

Murray Income Trust received 32 more outperform votes than Schroder Income Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.68% of users gave Schroder Income Growth an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Income Growth	Outperform Votes 67 67.68%	Underperform Votes 32 32.32%
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%

Is SCF or MUT more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 92.34% compared to Schroder Income Growth's net margin of 91.20%. Schroder Income Growth's return on equity of 17.23% beat Murray Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Income Growth	91.20%	17.23%	4.32%
Murray Income Trust	92.34%	9.57%	4.65%

Which has more volatility & risk, SCF or MUT?

Schroder Income Growth has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCF or MUT a better dividend stock?

Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Schroder Income Growth pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% 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. Schroder Income Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to SCF or MUT?

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth and Schroder Income Growth both had 1 articles in the media. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Schroder Income Growth's score of 1.27 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Income Growth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Murray Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SCF or MUT?

Murray Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Income Growth. Schroder Income Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income Trust, 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	£41.03M	5.18	£37.42M	£53.56	5.69
Murray Income Trust	£97.96M	8.72	£90.45M	£90.76	9.42

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats Schroder Income Growth on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.