Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST) Competitors

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) and Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Is SST or SLP more profitable?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a net margin of 77.82% compared to Sylvania Platinum's net margin of 8.55%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' return on equity of 28.42% beat Sylvania Platinum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	2.82%	1.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, SST or SLP?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvania Platinum has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SST or SLP?

In the previous week, Sylvania Platinum had 1 more articles in the media than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sylvania Platinum and 0 mentions for Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Sylvania Platinum's score of 0.00 indicating that Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Positive
Sylvania Platinum	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SST or SLP?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sylvania Platinum. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvania Platinum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	0.88	£60.88M	£261.69	1.13
Sylvania Platinum	£99.97M	2.26	£8.54M	£2.13	32.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SST or SLP?

Sylvania Platinum received 133 more outperform votes than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.59% of users gave Sylvania Platinum an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 101 70.63%	Underperform Votes 42 29.37%
Sylvania Platinum	Outperform Votes 234 79.59%	Underperform Votes 60 20.41%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SST or SLP?

78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SST or SLP a better dividend stock?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvania Platinum pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos beats Sylvania Platinum on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.