SST vs. SLP, SRAD, NET, GVP, ARBB, CYN, INSE, APP, SLE, and CTG
Should you be buying Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos include Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Netcall (NET), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), Inspired (INSE), Appreciate Group (APP), San Leon Energy (SLE), and Christie Group (CTG). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos vs. Its Competitors
Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP) and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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 pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sylvania Platinum has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sylvania Platinum presently has a consensus price target of GBX 93, suggesting a potential upside of 36.76%. Given Sylvania Platinum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sylvania Platinum is more favorable than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos.
In the previous week, Sylvania Platinum had 3 more articles in the media than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sylvania Platinum and 0 mentions for Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos. Sylvania Platinum's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' score of 0.00 indicating that Sylvania Platinum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sylvania Platinum beats Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SST) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff