Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,504 +18.00 (+1.21%) As of 08/22/2025 11:50 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. STJ, MNG, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDNShould you be buying Smithson Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithson Investment Trust include St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Smithson Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors St. James's Place M&G Intermediate Capital Group Schroders Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Polar Capital Technology Trust Alliance Trust abrdn St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings. Is STJ or SSON more profitable? Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. St. James' Place's return on equity of -0.63% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets St. James's Place-0.02% -0.63% 0.22% Smithson Investment Trust 317.04%-2.13%N/A Do analysts rate STJ or SSON? St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, indicating a potential upside of 13.49%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score St. James's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80Smithson Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media favor STJ or SSON? In the previous week, St. James's Place had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment St. James's Place Positive Smithson Investment Trust Neutral Do institutionals and insiders believe in STJ or SSON? 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by company 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. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STJ or SSON? St. James's Place has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smithson Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSt. James's Place£26.27B0.27-£6.46M-£1.19-1,096.71Smithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-142.63-£42.74M-£33.47-44.93 SummarySt. James's Place beats Smithson Investment Trust on 12 of the 15 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 SSON 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£1.92B£1.31B£6.49B£3.22BDividend YieldN/A4.41%4.18%5.04%P/E Ratio-44.9322.7214.42164.63Price / Sales-142.632,483.881,797.23310,107.36Price / CashN/A60.62127.2027.93Price / Book1.021.425.135.90Net Income-£42.74M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B7 Day Performance1.33%0.64%0.84%48.33%1 Month Performance-1.57%1.10%2.47%49.98%1 Year Performance3.01%7.56%24.89%127.65% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,504+1.2%N/A+3.0%£1.92B-£13.48M-44.93N/APositive NewsSTJSt. James's Place2.5761 of 5 starsGBX 1,303.50+1.5%GBX 1,485+13.9%+85.3%£7.05B£26.27B-1,092.522,298MNGM&G0.9626 of 5 starsGBX 267.70+1.3%GBX 251-6.2%+26.4%£6.38B£9.02B38.176,101ICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRSchroders2.1786 of 5 starsGBX 400+0.4%GBX 387-3.3%+16.3%£6.21B£2.78B17.476,438SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,162flatN/A+12.8%£5.62B£981.19M6.02N/APositive NewsDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown0.6377 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumePCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 409+0.5%N/A-87.1%£4.82B£1.24B4.02120News CoveragePositive NewsATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003ABDNabrdn2.315 of 5 starsGBX 195.30-3.5%GBX 195.60+0.2%+32.5%£3.50B£1.49B11.104,719News CoverageAnalyst Upgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies St. James's Place Competitors M&G Competitors Intermediate Capital Group Competitors Schroders Competitors Schroders Competitors F&C Investment Trust Competitors Hargreaves Lansdown Competitors Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors Alliance Trust Competitors abrdn 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 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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