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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is SCF or MUT 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%. Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.39 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. Murray Income Trust pays out 170.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder Income Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, SCF or MUT?

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

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 stronger earnings and valuation, SCF or MUT?

Murray Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher 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	£40.39M	5.46	£37.42M	£0.57	566.70
Murray Income Trust	£24.33M	36.30	£90.45M	£0.23	3,991.15

Does the media refer more to SCF or MUT?

In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Murray Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Income Growth and 0 mentions for Murray Income Trust. Schroder Income Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Murray Income Trust's 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
Murray Income Trust	Neutral

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

8.3% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Murray Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Schroder Income Growth beats Murray Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.