SOI vs. KNOS, MTW, NVT, ATS, CARR, VEND, DCI, SYM, TRT, and GRC
Should you be buying Schroder Oriental Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Oriental Income include Kainos Group (KNOS), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Carr's Group (CARR), Ventus VCT D (VEND), DCI Advisors (DCI), Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM), Transense Technologies (TRT), and GRC International Group (GRC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Schroder Oriental Income vs. Its Competitors
Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) and Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) are both small-cap machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Schroder Oriental Income pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kainos Group pays out 100.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroder Oriental Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Schroder Oriental Income has a net margin of 88.88% compared to Kainos Group's net margin of 12.74%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 33.12% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.
Schroder Oriental Income currently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential downside of 4.46%. Kainos Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,080, indicating a potential upside of 20.81%. Given Kainos Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Schroder Oriental Income.
In the previous week, Kainos Group had 4 more articles in the media than Schroder Oriental Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kainos Group and 1 mentions for Schroder Oriental Income. Kainos Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Schroder Oriental Income's score of 0.29 indicating that Kainos Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
9.7% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Kainos Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder Oriental Income has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kainos Group. Schroder Oriental Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kainos Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kainos Group beats Schroder Oriental Income on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SOI) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
