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