Smithson Investment Trust (SSON) Competitors GBX 1,514 -28.00 (-1.82%) As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock SSON vs. STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ABDN, and ATSTShould 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), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), abrdn (ABDN), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Smithson Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors St. James's Place Intermediate Capital Group M&G Schroders Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Polar Capital Technology Trust abrdn Alliance Trust Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings. Do analysts rate SSON or STJ? St. James's Place has a consensus target price of GBX 1,408.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. 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) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SSON or STJ? 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media prefer SSON or STJ? In the previous week, St. James's Place had 10 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.38 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Smithson Investment Trust Very Positive St. James's Place Neutral Which has better earnings & valuation, 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-143.58-£42.74M-£33.47-45.23St. James's Place£26.27B0.27-£6.46M-£1.19-1,087.91 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% 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£1.94B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03BDividend YieldN/A4.40%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio-45.2322.3714.04176.75Price / Sales-143.582,540.331,847.24264,362.43Price / CashN/A60.70127.5327.97Price / Book1.021.452.244.53Net Income-£42.74M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day Performance-2.64%-0.46%6.10%12.57%1 Month Performance0.40%0.53%1.84%6.09%1 Year Performance8.14%6.39%19.34%71.59% Smithson Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SSONSmithson Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,514-1.8%N/A+4.3%£1.94B-£13.48M-45.23N/APositive NewsSTJSt. James's Place1.0742 of 5 starsGBX 1,308.50+11.9%GBX 1,408.75+7.7%+87.1%£7.08B£26.27B-1,096.712,298News CoverageEarnings ReportICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579MNGM&G0.8554 of 5 starsGBX 261.60+1.6%GBX 251-4.1%+22.9%£6.23B£9.02B37.306,101News CoverageAnalyst ForecastSDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders1.5485 of 5 starsGBX 391+0.3%GBX 386.25-1.2%+6.7%£6.07B£2.78B17.086,438News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,178+0.9%N/A+10.3%£5.69B£981.19M6.10N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown1.1874 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumePCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 402+2.3%N/A-87.3%£4.74B£1.24B3.95120Positive NewsABDNabrdn1.8476 of 5 starsGBX 200.60+0.8%GBX 199.50-0.5%+14.4%£3.59B£1.49B11.404,719News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies St. James's Place Competitors Intermediate Capital Group Competitors M&G Competitors Schroders Competitors Schroders Competitors F&C Investment Trust Competitors Hargreaves Lansdown Competitors Polar Capital Technology Trust Competitors abrdn Competitors Alliance Trust 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 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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