RAT vs. SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, EMG, and ABDN
Should you be buying Rathbones Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rathbones Group include 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), Man Group (EMG), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders (LON:SDRC) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Rathbones Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schroders. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Schroders pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rathbones Group pays out 17,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 1 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rathbones Group and 1 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Rathbones Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rathbones Group received 221 more outperform votes than Schroders when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.68% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote.
Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 12.04%. Given Schroders' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Schroders.
49.2% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Rathbones Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rathbones Group has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Rathbones Group's net margin of 0.00%. Schroders' return on equity of 3.78% beat Rathbones Group's return on equity.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Schroders on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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