Schroders (SDR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend LGEN or SDR?

Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 246.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 387, indicating a potential upside of 2.73%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Schroders.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legal & General Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Schroders	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has better earnings and valuation, LGEN or SDR?

Schroders has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legal & General Group	£18.57B	0.73	£319.08M	£0.04	5,362.91
Schroders	£3.02B	1.94	£355.50M	£0.22	1,689.37

Does the media refer more to LGEN or SDR?

In the previous week, Schroders had 6 more articles in the media than Legal & General Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Schroders and 4 mentions for Legal & General Group. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.35 indicating that Schroders is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Schroders	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LGEN or SDR?

70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 86.2% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, LGEN or SDR?

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

Is LGEN or SDR more profitable?

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
Legal & General Group	0.67%	7.79%	0.18%
Schroders	12.81%	8.65%	1.86%

Is LGEN or SDR a better dividend stock?

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Legal & General Group pays out 478.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Schroders beats Legal & General Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.