SJG vs. EDIN, HRI, TRY, BPCR, GSS, JFJ, AGT, IHP, ASHM, and JPE
Should you be buying Schroder Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Japan Trust include Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Herald (HRI), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), AVI Global Trust (AGT), IntegraFin (IHP), Ashmore Group (ASHM), and JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder Japan Trust vs. Its Competitors
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 5 more articles in the media than Schroder Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 1 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Edinburgh Investment's score of 0.21 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less 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.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% 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.
Summary
Edinburgh Investment beats Schroder Japan Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SJG) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
