QLT vs. SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying Quilter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quilter include Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders (LON:SDR) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Quilter had 3 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Quilter and 0 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quilter pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Schroders received 402 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.68% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Schroders has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quilter. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroders currently has a consensus price target of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 93.33, suggesting a potential downside of 20.77%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Quilter.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Schroders' net margin of 0.91%. Quilter's return on equity of 9.00% beat Schroders' return on equity.
36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Schroders beats Quilter on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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