SDR vs. ICP, FCIT, PSH, MNG, HL, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying Schroders stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroders include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Pershing Square (PSH), M&G (MNG), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), 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.
Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intermediate Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group and 1 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders 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.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schroders. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% 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 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. Schroders is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 13.48%. Schroders' return on equity of 20.09% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.
Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 432, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Intermediate Capital Group.
Schroders received 75 more outperform votes than Intermediate Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Schroders on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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