SMT vs. III, LGEN, PSH, ICP, SDRC, STJ, MNG, SDR, HL, and FCIT
Should you be buying Scottish Mortgage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish Mortgage include 3i Group (III), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and F&C Investment Trust (FCIT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Scottish Mortgage vs. Its Competitors
3i Group (LON:III) and Scottish Mortgage (LON:SMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, 3i Group and 3i Group both had 4 articles in the media. Scottish Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat 3i Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Scottish Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3i Group received 289 more outperform votes than Scottish Mortgage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 67.84% of users gave Scottish Mortgage an outperform vote.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Scottish Mortgage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Scottish Mortgage's net margin of 94.48%. 3i Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat Scottish Mortgage's return on equity.
3i Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,021, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. Given 3i Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Scottish Mortgage.
3i Group has higher revenue and earnings than Scottish Mortgage. Scottish Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Scottish Mortgage pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish Mortgage pays out 4.1% 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.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Mortgage has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
3i Group beats Scottish Mortgage on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (LON:SMT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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