Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST) Competitors

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

Is SLP or SST a better dividend stock?

Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SLP or SST?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sylvania Platinum	£99.97M	2.14	£8.54M	£2.13	31.02
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	£78.23M	0.90	£60.88M	£261.69	1.15

Which has more volatility and risk, SLP or SST?

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

Do analysts recommend SLP or SST?

Sylvania Platinum presently has a consensus target price of GBX 93, indicating a potential upside of 40.48%. Given Sylvania Platinum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sylvania Platinum is more favorable than Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sylvania Platinum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SLP or SST 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
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	2.82%	1.69%
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	77.82%	28.42%	8.03%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SLP or SST?

17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SLP or SST?

In the previous week, Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sylvania Platinum's score of -0.67 indicating that Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sylvania Platinum	Negative
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos	Neutral

Summary

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