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Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

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SJG vs. ASL, TFG, JMG, EDIN, FSV, GSS, BPCR, IHP, BBGI, and JPE

Should you be buying Schroder Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Japan Trust include Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Tetragon Financial (TFG), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), IntegraFin (IHP), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), and JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Schroder Japan Trust vs.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Schroder Japan Trust received 5 more outperform votes than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.81% of users gave Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aberforth Smaller Companies TrustOutperform Votes
83
72.81%
Underperform Votes
31
27.19%
Schroder Japan TrustOutperform Votes
88
63.77%
Underperform Votes
50
36.23%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Schroder Japan Trust's net margin of 99.53%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 18.22% beat Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust112.81% 18.22% 11.67%
Schroder Japan Trust 99.53%18.12%7.69%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust£226.05M5.18£255.01M£304.314.61
Schroder Japan Trust£60.80M4.75£60.51M£50.994.83

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 9.8% 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.

In the previous week, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Schroder Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Very Positive
Schroder Japan Trust Neutral

52.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned 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.

Summary

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Schroder Japan Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SJG vs. The Competition

MetricSchroder Japan TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£288.90M£1.16B£3.85B£2.58B
Dividend Yield0.05%4.46%4.21%4.97%
P/E Ratio4.8321.7213.01133.47
Price / Sales4.752,291.281,696.37232,198.73
Price / Cash44.7861.2950.3828.14
Price / Book0.831.143.414.61
Net Income£60.51M£262.20M£1.24B£5.84B
7 Day Performance2.28%1.32%1.01%3.08%
1 Month Performance3.57%10.95%13.46%10.21%
1 Year Performance-4.09%2.61%12.67%117.30%

Schroder Japan Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJG
Schroder Japan Trust
N/AGBX 245
+0.4%
N/A-3.7%£287.15M£60.80M4.80N/ADividend Cut
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,369.31
+0.4%
N/A-3.9%£1.14B£226.05M4.50N/APositive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 14.02
-0.6%
N/A+43.6%£1.14B£22.12B8.99N/A
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 105.39
+0.9%
N/A+0.4%£1.12B£97.45M13.96N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 769.49
+0.5%
N/A+6.4%£1.11B£189.32M6.16N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 333.25
+0.2%
N/A+13.1%£1.08B£237.18M4.8525,000Earnings Report
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
N/AGBX 0.86
+0.5%
N/A-3.2%£1.03B£12.99B9.82N/ANews Coverage
IHP
IntegraFin
N/AGBX 307
+0.7%
GBX 406.67
+32.5%
+1.7%£1.02B£138.65M19.473,520Dividend Increase
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 142.03
+0.2%
N/A+6.4%£1.01B£67.98M18.391,160
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A

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This page (LON:SJG) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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