SMIF vs. SCF, BMD, SCP, JCGI, EGL, FTV, BVT, BSV, IAT, and DGI9
Should you be buying TwentyFour Select Monthly Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income include Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI), Ecofin Global Utilities & Infra (EGL), Foresight VCT (FTV), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), and Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder Income Growth Fund (LON:SCF) and TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (LON:SMIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
10.8% of Schroder Income Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Schroder Income Growth Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Schroder Income Growth Fund has a net margin of 86.82% compared to Schroder Income Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income's return on equity of 7.50% beat Schroder Income Growth Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Schroder Income Growth Fund had 1 more articles in the media than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroder Income Growth Fund and 1 mentions for TwentyFour Select Monthly Income. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Schroder Income Growth Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Income Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Schroder Income Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Schroder Income Growth Fund pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income pays out -8,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income received 22 more outperform votes than Schroder Income Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.46% of users gave TwentyFour Select Monthly Income an outperform vote while only 67.68% of users gave Schroder Income Growth Fund an outperform vote.
Schroder Income Growth Fund has higher revenue and earnings than TwentyFour Select Monthly Income. TwentyFour Select Monthly Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Income Growth Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Schroder Income Growth Fund beats TwentyFour Select Monthly Income on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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