SCP vs. RICA, TMPL, ICGT, CGT, JEO, OCI, APEO, SAIN, SLPE, and IEM
Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Temple Bar (TMPL), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), and Impax Environmental Markets (IEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder UK Mid Cap vs. Its Competitors
Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Ruffer Investment has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 90.71% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity of 15.45% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.
43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Schroder UK Mid Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% 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 UK Mid Cap pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder UK Mid Cap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Schroder UK Mid Cap had 4 more articles in the media than Ruffer Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap and 0 mentions for Ruffer Investment. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Ruffer Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder UK Mid Cap is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Schroder UK Mid Cap beats Ruffer Investment on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SCP) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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