Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,450 +12.00 (+0.83%) As of 12:13 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, FCIT, STJ, MNG, ATST, PCT, and 3INShould you be buying Smithson Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithson Investment Trust include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Alliance Trust (ATST), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Smithson Investment Trust vs. Intermediate Capital Group Schroders Hargreaves Lansdown Schroders F&C Investment Trust St. James's Place M&G Alliance Trust Polar Capital Technology Trust 3i Infrastructure Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership. Is ICP or SSON more profitable? Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Intermediate Capital Group56.78% 20.09% 4.57% Smithson Investment Trust 317.04%-2.13%N/A Does the media favor ICP or SSON? In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Intermediate Capital Group 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Smithson Investment Trust 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICP or SSON? Intermediate Capital Group received 398 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIntermediate Capital GroupOutperform Votes39870.44% Underperform Votes16729.56% Smithson Investment TrustN/AN/A Do insiders & institutionals believe in ICP or SSON? 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher earnings & valuation, ICP or SSON? Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIntermediate Capital Group£831.60M0.00£409.10M£0.77N/ASmithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-137.51-£42.74M-£33.47-43.32 SummaryIntermediate Capital Group beats Smithson Investment Trust on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Smithson Investment Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SSON and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart SSON vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSmithson Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.85B£1.15B£3.84B£2.56BDividend YieldN/A4.46%4.21%4.97%P/E Ratio-43.3221.8213.04132.50Price / Sales-137.512,287.401,692.09227,865.49Price / CashN/A61.4750.4928.11Price / Book0.981.143.414.51Net Income-£42.74M£262.88M£1.25B£5.84B7 Day Performance4.02%1.51%1.31%3.31%1 Month Performance1.94%10.16%12.79%9.43%1 Year Performance5.38%2.78%12.83%114.47% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,450+0.8%N/A+4.2%£1.85B£-13,481,214.92-43.32N/AICPIntermediate Capital Group0.3369 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeHLHargreaves Lansdown2.1476 of 5 starsGBX 1,108.50flatGBX 1,104-0.4%N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders1.7026 of 5 starsGBX 319.80+1.5%GBX 427.33+33.6%-6.9%£4.96B£2.78B13.976,438Analyst ForecastFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,026+2.4%N/A+4.2%£4.96B£981.19M5.32N/ADividend AnnouncementNews CoverageSTJSt. James's Place1.0701 of 5 starsGBX 914.31+2.2%GBX 784.25-14.2%+115.6%£4.94B£26.27B-766.322,298MNGM&G0.4253 of 5 starsGBX 201.30+1.4%GBX 223.33+10.9%+3.0%£4.79B£9.02B28.716,101Positive NewsATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003PCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 279+4.7%N/A-90.1%£3.29B£1.24B2.74120Positive News3IN3i InfrastructureN/AGBX 326+0.6%N/A-2.6%£3.01B£374M857.89N/AHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intermediate Capital Group Competitors Schroders Competitors Hargreaves Lansdown Competitors Schroders Competitors F&C Investment Trust Competitors St. James's Place Competitors M&G Competitors Alliance Trust Competitors Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors 3i Infrastructure Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:SSON) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThis Is How Empires FallThe headlines scream tariffs and export bans — but the real damage is happening in retirement portfolios. 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