SYNC vs. TRIG, CLDN, AJB, TEM, SSON, MRC, JAM, BHMG, RAT, and FEV
Should you be buying Syncona stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Syncona include The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), AJ Bell (AJB), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Syncona vs. Its Competitors
Syncona (LON:SYNC) and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (LON:TRIG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Syncona has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Syncona pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Syncona pays out -73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays out -461.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Syncona has higher revenue and earnings than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Syncona, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Syncona had 1 more articles in the media than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Syncona and 0 mentions for The Renewables Infrastructure Group. Syncona's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Syncona is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 58.54%. Given The Renewables Infrastructure Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Renewables Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Syncona.
67.1% of Syncona shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Syncona shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Syncona received 20 more outperform votes than The Renewables Infrastructure Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave The Renewables Infrastructure Group an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Syncona an outperform vote.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a net margin of 46.95% compared to Syncona's net margin of -310.53%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group's return on equity of -1.21% beat Syncona's return on equity.
Summary
Syncona beats The Renewables Infrastructure Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SYNC) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
