Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,532 -18.00 (-1.16%) As of 07/11/2025 11:50 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, 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 St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), 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 St. James's Place Intermediate Capital Group Schroders M&G Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Polar Capital Technology Trust Alliance Trust abrdn Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SSON or STJ? 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 RatioSmithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-145.29-£42.74M-£33.47-45.77St. James's Place£26.27B0.25-£6.46M-£1.19-1,026.31 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSON or STJ? 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is SSON or STJ 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 Smithson Investment Trust317.04% -2.13% N/A St. James's Place -0.02%-0.63%0.22% Does the media refer more to SSON or STJ? In the previous week, St. James's Place had 6 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.42 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Smithson Investment Trust Positive St. James's Place Neutral Do analysts prefer SSON or STJ? St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,170, suggesting a potential downside of 4.45%. 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 Smithson Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00St. James's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 SummarySt. James's Place beats Smithson Investment Trust on 11 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£1.96B£1.25B£6.16B£3.00BDividend YieldN/A4.39%4.21%5.02%P/E Ratio-45.7722.0713.26150.88Price / Sales-145.292,369.191,742.84314,545.52Price / CashN/A60.81128.0727.97Price / Book1.041.221.914.59Net Income-£42.74M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day Performance0.39%14.33%11.16%11.51%1 Month Performance2.96%2.42%6.85%7.90%1 Year Performance10.06%5.73%17.26%32.03% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,532-1.2%N/A+11.3%£1.96B-£13.48M-45.77N/APositive NewsSTJSt. James's Place0.9628 of 5 starsGBX 1,170+0.7%GBX 843.50-27.9%+115.6%£6.33B£26.27B-980.632,298Analyst ForecastICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeMNGM&G0.486 of 5 starsGBX 256.70+1.4%GBX 223.33-13.0%+22.3%£6.11B£9.02B36.616,101SDRSchroders1.5109 of 5 starsGBX 367.20+1.2%GBX 392.25+6.8%-1.0%£5.70B£2.78B16.046,438News CoverageAnalyst ForecastFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,117.11-0.4%N/A+10.5%£5.40B£981.19M5.79N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown2.0333 of 5 starsN/AGBX 684+∞N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumePCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 365.46+0.1%N/A-89.1%£4.31B£1.24B3.59120News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003ABDNabrdn1.2068 of 5 starsGBX 190.60+2.0%GBX 172-9.8%+14.1%£3.41B£1.49B10.844,719News CoverageAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies St. James's Place Competitors Intermediate Capital Group Competitors Schroders Competitors M&G 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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