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Schroders (SDR) Competitors

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GBX 380.40 +3.40 (+0.90%)
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SDR vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, FCIT, HL, and PCT

Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Schroders vs. Its Competitors

Schroders (LON:SDR) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Schroders has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Schroders has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Schroders£3.02B1.95£355.50M£22.3017.06
Legal & General Group£27.99B0.49£319.08M£4.4654.30

6.8% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 86.2% of Schroders shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Schroders has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Schroders' return on equity of 8.65% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Schroders12.81% 8.65% 1.86%
Legal & General Group 0.67%7.79%0.18%

Schroders presently has a consensus target price of GBX 409.57, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 254.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.18%. Given Schroders' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than Legal & General Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Schroders
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Legal & General Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Schroders had 4 more articles in the media than Legal & General Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Schroders and 3 mentions for Legal & General Group. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Schroders is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Schroders
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Legal & General Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Schroders pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 4.8% 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.

Summary

Schroders beats Legal & General Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SDR vs. The Competition

MetricSchrodersAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.90B£1.46B£4.84B£2.59B
Dividend Yield5.75%4.73%4.42%5.38%
P/E Ratio17.0658.2628.55424.50
Price / Sales1.951,977.941,363.9697,315.85
Price / Cash1.4560.47127.7927.90
Price / Book1.421.363.507.96
Net Income£355.50M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.65%-0.26%-0.56%-0.79%
1 Month Performance0.53%0.15%0.21%0.74%
1 Year Performance2.98%7.96%39.83%117.26%

Schroders Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDR
Schroders
3.3664 of 5 stars
GBX 380.40
+0.9%
GBX 409.57
+7.7%
+2.1%£5.90B£3.02B17.066,438Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.4458 of 5 stars
GBX 236.30
+0.9%
GBX 254.75
+7.8%
+3.6%£13.30B£27.99B52.9811,956
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.652 of 5 stars
GBX 1,130.50
+0.4%
N/A+33.6%£12.73B£1.24B11.95N/AGap Down
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,620
+0.5%
N/A+27.8%£8.21B£1.20B7.24N/ANews Coverage
STJ
St. James's Place
3.5291 of 5 stars
GBX 1,320.50
-0.1%
GBX 1,555.83
+17.8%
+54.3%£6.87B£16.94B14.002,298Analyst Forecast
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
1.0611 of 5 stars
GBX 256
+0.6%
GBX 278.67
+8.9%
+23.5%£6.06B£15.21B-102.406,101
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,188
flat
N/A+12.3%£5.68B£367.41M16.44N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.8876 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 440
flat
N/A+41.5%£5.02B£122.39M44.13120Positive News

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This page (LON:SDR) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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