Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) and Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is SJG or EDIN more profitable?

Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 99.53% compared to Edinburgh Investment's net margin of 95.34%. Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity of 18.12% beat Edinburgh Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Japan Trust	99.53%	18.12%	7.69%
Edinburgh Investment	95.34%	16.15%	6.69%

Is SJG or EDIN a better dividend stock?

Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SJG or EDIN?

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edinburgh Investment, 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
Schroder Japan Trust	£60.80M	4.94	£60.51M	£50.99	5.02
Edinburgh Investment	£189.32M	6.09	£180.50M	£124.99	6.38

Which has more risk and volatility, SJG or EDIN?

Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SJG or EDIN?

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 13 more articles in the media than Schroder Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 1 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Edinburgh Investment's score of 0.48 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Japan Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Edinburgh Investment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SJG or EDIN?

74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats Schroder Japan Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.