Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) Competitors

Strategic Equity Capital (LON:SEC) and Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Is SEC or SOI a better dividend stock?

Strategic Equity Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Strategic Equity Capital pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 26.3% 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.

Is SEC or SOI more profitable?

Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to Strategic Equity Capital's net margin of 88.65%. Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity of 16.22% beat Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Strategic Equity Capital	88.65%	14.97%	10.64%
Schroder Oriental Income	88.88%	16.22%	-2.12%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SEC or SOI?

Schroder Oriental Income has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Equity Capital. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Equity Capital, 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
Strategic Equity Capital	£28.94M	6.01	£25.65M	£55.46	6.79
Schroder Oriental Income	£119.46M	5.89	£106.18M	£45.66	6.63

Do analysts rate SEC or SOI?

Schroder Oriental Income has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Schroder Oriental Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schroder Oriental Income is more favorable than Strategic Equity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Strategic Equity Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to SEC or SOI?

In the previous week, Strategic Equity Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Strategic Equity Capital and 0 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Strategic Equity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Schroder Oriental Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Equity Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Strategic Equity Capital	Positive
Schroder Oriental Income	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, SEC or SOI?

Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SEC or SOI?

58.2% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Strategic Equity Capital beats Schroder Oriental Income on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.