Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP) Competitors

Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, SCP or CGT?

Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SCP or CGT?

In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder UK Mid Cap. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capital Gearing and 1 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Capital Gearing's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder UK Mid Cap is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder UK Mid Cap	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Gearing	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCP or CGT?

Capital Gearing received 17 more outperform votes than Schroder UK Mid Cap when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Schroder UK Mid Cap an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder UK Mid Cap	Outperform Votes 104 69.33%	Underperform Votes 46 30.67%
Capital Gearing	Outperform Votes 121 77.56%	Underperform Votes 35 22.44%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SCP or CGT?

32.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SCP or CGT more profitable?

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to Schroder UK Mid Cap's net margin of 90.71%. Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity of 15.45% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder UK Mid Cap	90.71%	15.45%	4.88%
Capital Gearing	255.48%	5.25%	-2.63%

Is SCP or CGT a better dividend stock?

Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SCP or CGT?

Capital Gearing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schroder UK Mid Cap. Schroder UK Mid Cap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Gearing, 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 UK Mid Cap	£40.15M	5.70	£36.42M	£105.24	6.29
Capital Gearing	£17.92M	49.46	£45.77M	£245.96	19.37

Summary

Capital Gearing beats Schroder UK Mid Cap on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.