Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,486 +22.00 (+1.50%) As of 12:35 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. ICP, MNG, SDRC, STJ, SDR, 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 Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), 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 Intermediate Capital Group M&G Schroders St. James's Place Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Polar Capital Technology Trust Alliance Trust abrdn Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk. Is SSON or ICP 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 Smithson Investment Trust317.04% -2.13% N/A Intermediate Capital Group 56.78%20.09%4.57% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSON or ICP? 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SSON or ICP? Intermediate Capital Group received 398 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSmithson Investment TrustN/AN/AIntermediate Capital GroupOutperform Votes39870.44% Underperform Votes16729.56% Which has higher earnings and valuation, SSON or ICP? 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 RatioSmithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-140.93-£42.74M-£33.47-44.39Intermediate Capital Group£831.60M0.00£409.10M£0.77N/A Does the media favor SSON or ICP? In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Smithson Investment Trust Positive Intermediate Capital Group Neutral 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 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£1.90B£1.23B£6.48B£2.93BDividend YieldN/A4.38%4.18%5.03%P/E Ratio-44.3921.7413.61126.50Price / Sales-140.932,486.491,848.25227,656.60Price / CashN/A60.8149.0128.03Price / Book1.011.212.875.18Net Income-£42.74M£264.68M£1.25B£5.90B7 Day Performance1.23%0.80%0.98%1.61%1 Month Performance2.62%3.24%2.76%6.43%1 Year Performance7.22%5.57%14.63%82.64% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,486+1.5%N/A+6.2%£1.90B-£13.48M-44.39N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579MNGM&G0.6264 of 5 starsGBX 260.20+0.6%GBX 223.33-14.2%+22.5%£6.20B£9.02B37.106,101SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeSTJSt. James's Place0.9795 of 5 starsGBX 1,098.37+1.2%GBX 812.33-26.0%+99.3%£5.94B£26.27B-920.592,298Positive NewsSDRSchroders1.4535 of 5 starsGBX 363.20-0.1%GBX 392.25+8.0%-4.2%£5.64B£2.78B15.866,438Positive NewsFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,096+0.2%N/A+7.1%£5.30B£981.19M5.68N/APositive NewsDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown2.2754 of 5 starsN/AGBX 1,055.33+∞N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumePCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 347+0.3%N/A-89.9%£4.09B£1.24B3.41120Positive NewsATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003ABDNabrdn0.7411 of 5 starsGBX 190.40-0.6%GBX 172-9.7%+22.8%£3.41B£1.49B10.824,719 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Intermediate Capital Group Competitors M&G Competitors Schroders Competitors St. James's Place 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 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Is President Trump Fast-Tracking These Companies?Forget about AI… There's a hot new trend on Wall Street… and it's all thanks to President Trump. 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