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Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP) Competitors

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GBX 685.80 -0.20 (-0.03%)
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SCP vs. JEO, MUT, APEO, ICGT, TFIF, RICA, SDP, SAIN, SLPE, and CGT

Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Murray Income Trust (MUT), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), and Capital Gearing (CGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Schroder UK Mid Cap vs. Its Competitors

European Opportunities Trust (LON:JEO) and Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. European Opportunities Trust pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out -135.6% 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 UK Mid Cap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

8.0% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 90.71% compared to European Opportunities Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity of 15.45% beat European Opportunities Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
European Opportunities TrustN/A N/A N/A
Schroder UK Mid Cap 90.71%15.45%4.88%

Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than European Opportunities Trust. Schroder UK Mid Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Opportunities Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
European Opportunities Trust-£62.33M0.00N/A-£65.20N/A
Schroder UK Mid Cap-£4.68M-50.46£36.42M-£0.16-4,326.81

In the previous week, Schroder UK Mid Cap had 1 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat European Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder UK Mid Cap is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
European Opportunities Trust Neutral
Schroder UK Mid Cap Positive

Summary

Schroder UK Mid Cap beats European Opportunities Trust on 11 of the 12 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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SCP vs. The Competition

MetricSchroder UK Mid CapAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£236.24M£1.47B£6.40B£2.56B
Dividend Yield3.19%4.60%4.31%5.31%
P/E Ratio-4,326.814,731.011,779.965,400.52
Price / Sales-50.461,964.081,356.2697,532.56
Price / Cash39.5560.4749.0227.93
Price / Book0.981.372.089.05
Net Income£36.42M£264.59M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.56%0.15%0.91%0.60%
1 Month Performance-1.47%1.07%2.16%2.78%
1 Year Performance11.33%9.09%34.20%201.06%

Schroder UK Mid Cap Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCP
Schroder UK Mid Cap
N/AGBX 685.80
0.0%
N/A+11.4%£236.24M-£4.68M-4,326.81N/ADividend Increase
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 900
+0.4%
N/A+3.5%£881.03M£27.79M3,703.70147,000Positive News
Dividend Cut
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,396
-0.4%
N/A+18.7%£877.72M£117.70M852.21N/A
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 113
-0.4%
N/A+6.2%£869.01M£106.24M807.14N/A
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 288.50
+0.7%
N/A+4.4%£859.96M-£2.33M-20,034.72N/APositive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 635
+0.5%
N/A+23.6%£859.92M£55.98M2,003.79N/APositive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 505
-0.8%
N/A-0.4%£854.76M£13.77M8,875.22N/A
SLPE
Standard Life Private Equity Trust
N/AGBX 555
+0.2%
N/A+1.7%£853.29M£289.51M298.07N/A
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,865
flat
N/A+1.9%£818.73M£37.55M2,705.78N/A

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This page (LON:SCP) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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