SCP vs. TMPL, RICA, OCI, ICGT, CGT, SAIN, IEM, JEO, APEO, and MUT
Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include Temple Bar (TMPL), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Capital Gearing (CGT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), and Murray Income Trust (MUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder UK Mid Cap vs. Its Competitors
Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Schroder UK Mid Cap had 1 more articles in the media than Temple Bar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap and 1 mentions for Temple Bar. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Temple Bar's score of 0.10 indicating that Schroder UK Mid Cap is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.6% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% 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.
Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to Schroder UK Mid Cap's net margin of 90.71%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity.
Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder UK Mid Cap. Temple Bar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder UK Mid Cap, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Temple Bar beats Schroder UK Mid Cap on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:SCP) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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