Schroder Oriental Income (SOI) Competitors

Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) and Schroder Oriental Income (LON:SOI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNOS or SOI?

Kainos Group received 119 more outperform votes than Schroder Oriental Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.27% of users gave Kainos Group an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave Schroder Oriental Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kainos Group	Outperform Votes 245 72.27%	Underperform Votes 94 27.73%
Schroder Oriental Income	Outperform Votes 126 68.85%	Underperform Votes 57 31.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, KNOS or SOI?

Kainos Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Oriental Income has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor KNOS or SOI?

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. Schroder Oriental Income's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kainos Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Schroder Oriental Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kainos Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Schroder Oriental Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate KNOS or SOI?

Kainos Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,216.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.71%. Given Kainos Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kainos Group is more favorable than Schroder Oriental Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kainos Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Schroder Oriental Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is KNOS or SOI a better dividend stock?

Kainos Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Schroder Oriental Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Kainos Group pays out 6,923.1% 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 pays out 24,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is KNOS or SOI more profitable?

Kainos Group has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Schroder Oriental Income's net margin of 0.00%. Kainos Group's return on equity of 34.05% beat Schroder Oriental Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kainos Group	12.74%	34.05%	14.45%
Schroder Oriental Income	N/A	-3.78%	-2.12%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in KNOS or SOI?

44.9% of Kainos Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Kainos Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Schroder Oriental Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KNOS or SOI?

Kainos Group has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Oriental Income. Kainos Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Oriental Income, 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
Kainos Group	£382.39M	2.89	£48.72M	£0.39	2,251.69
Schroder Oriental Income	-£18.81M	-35.03	-£25.91M	£0.05	5,398.50

Summary

Kainos Group beats Schroder Oriental Income on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.