SDR vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, FCIT, MNG, PCT, and ATST
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), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders (LON:SDR) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 1 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for Schroders. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Schroders' score of 0.47 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders presently has a consensus price target of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 285.80, suggesting a potential upside of 24.53%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Schroders.
Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than Schroders. 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.
36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 3.81%. Schroders' return on equity of 9.00% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
Schroders has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Legal & General Group pays out 28,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Legal & General Group received 772 more outperform votes than Schroders when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.84% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Schroders on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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