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Syncona (SYNC) Competitors

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SYNC vs. HGT, QLT, INPP, AJB, BUR, TEM, HVPE, JTC, CLDN, and JAM

Should you be buying Syncona stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Syncona include HgCapital Trust (HGT), Quilter (QLT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), AJ Bell (AJB), Burford Capital (BUR), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), JTC (JTC), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Syncona vs. Its Competitors

Syncona (LON:SYNC) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Syncona. Syncona is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Syncona-£68.31M-8.45-£16.90M-£0.22-422.60
HgCapital Trust£247.62M8.91£284.58M£0.52934.47

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to Syncona's net margin of -310.53%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 11.93% beat Syncona's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Syncona-310.53% -1.47% 0.40%
HgCapital Trust 91.03%11.93%6.88%

Syncona has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

21.9% of Syncona shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Syncona shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Syncona. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 1 mentions for Syncona. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Syncona's score of 0.34 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Syncona
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HgCapital Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Syncona on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYNC vs. The Competition

MetricSynconaAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£577.47M£1.47B£6.40B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.04%4.58%4.31%5.31%
P/E Ratio-422.604,768.461,786.055,427.87
Price / Sales-8.451,982.381,369.1997,460.80
Price / Cash1.1760.62127.6127.93
Price / Book0.541.372.089.27
Net Income-£16.90M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.53%0.35%1.41%0.77%
1 Month PerformanceN/A1.60%2.78%44.86%
1 Year Performance-15.33%9.36%33.26%183.55%

Syncona Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYNC
Syncona
N/AGBX 95
+0.7%
N/A-16.3%£577.47M-£68.31M-422.601,208News Coverage
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 496
+1.2%
N/A-5.7%£2.27B£247.62M961.61N/APositive News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
QLT
Quilter
1.4421 of 5 stars
GBX 162.30
+2.0%
GBX 179.40
+10.5%
+24.5%£2.25B£4.60B-162,300.002,983Positive News
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 121.40
+0.5%
N/A-5.3%£2.23B£3.47M607,000.00N/APositive News
AJB
AJ Bell
1.3442 of 5 stars
GBX 515
+1.8%
GBX 501
-2.7%
+13.7%£2.09B£291.42M2,385.361,373News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
BUR
Burford Capital
3.0878 of 5 stars
GBX 949
+2.2%
GBX 1,600
+68.6%
N/A£2.08B£410.92M16.98140
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 208.73
+0.6%
N/A+34.8%£2.04B£187.20M1,453.55N/ANews Coverage
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,785
+0.2%
N/A+20.5%£2.03B£218.77M1,016.42N/ANews Coverage
JTC
JTC
0.6679 of 5 stars
GBX 1,171.64
+0.3%
GBX 1,208.33
+3.1%
+24.6%£1.99B£305.38M-26,388.291,603Analyst Forecast
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 376.50
+0.4%
N/A-89.2%£1.97B£104.10M3,103.8774
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,084
+0.7%
N/A+9.3%£1.90B£84.18M2,453.04N/A

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