SCP vs. STS, PEMB, BPM, SCF, BVT, FTV, ARR, AJOT, EGL, and MTU
Should you be buying Schroder UK Mid Cap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder UK Mid Cap include STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Foresight VCT (FTV), Aurora (ARR), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Schroder UK Mid Cap (LON:SCP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder UK Mid Cap has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder UK Mid Cap pays out 2,187.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Schroder UK Mid Cap had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder UK Mid Cap and 0 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. Schroder UK Mid Cap's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled STS Global Income & Growth Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has a net margin of 91.69% compared to Schroder UK Mid Cap's net margin of 56.58%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 16.54% beat Schroder UK Mid Cap's return on equity.
Schroder UK Mid Cap has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust 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.
19.2% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Schroder UK Mid Cap shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schroder UK Mid Cap received 29 more outperform votes than STS Global Income & Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave Schroder UK Mid Cap an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Schroder UK Mid Cap beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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