SCF vs. AJOT, EGL, ARR, BPM, BVT, JCGI, DGI9, SCP, ACIC, and BSV
Should you be buying Schroder Income Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Income Growth include AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), Aurora (ARR), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), and British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AVI Japan Opportunity (LON:AJOT) and Schroder Income Growth (LON:SCF) 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 profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Schroder Income Growth has higher revenue and earnings than AVI Japan Opportunity. AVI Japan Opportunity 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.
AVI Japan Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Schroder Income Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. AVI Japan Opportunity pays out 1,666.7% 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 pays out 6,087.0% 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 has a net margin of 86.82% compared to Schroder Income Growth's net margin of 0.00%. AVI Japan Opportunity's return on equity of 7.50% beat Schroder Income Growth's return on equity.
Schroder Income Growth received 67 more outperform votes than AVI Japan Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth had 2 more articles in the media than AVI Japan Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder Income Growth and 0 mentions for AVI Japan Opportunity. AVI Japan Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Schroder Income Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Income Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.6% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of AVI Japan Opportunity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Schroder Income Growth beats AVI Japan Opportunity on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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