SSON vs. STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN
Should 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 (LON:STJ) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
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.
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.
77.8% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
St. James's Place presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,485, indicating a potential upside of 18.71%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Smithson Investment Trust.
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 0.37 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Smithson Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. St. James's Place pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Smithson Investment Trust pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
St. James's Place beats Smithson Investment Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SSON) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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