To trade Schroders shares you can either use a traditional stock brokerage firm (such as IG) or you can use a CFD service, such as LCG We'll explore the pros and cons of both approaches in a moment.
Currently, IG charge a minimum of £5* per trade for buying and selling shares online, while LCG take a fee from the spreadThe spread is the difference (in pips) between the buy price and the sell price.
*For frequent traders or clients who place at least one CFD trade or Spread bet per month. Applies to UK shares only.
A CFD (or 'contract for difference') is a way of trading instruments like shares without having to own the shares. Here are some of the pros and cons of CFD trading compared to using a traditional stock brokerage.
The main advantage of a CFD broker is the leverage they offer their clients. This means that a trader would require a much smaller account sizes relative to the size of a trade in comparison to a traditional share dealing broker.
At the current price of £2,644.00 per share, to buy 50Schroders shares with no leverage, it would cost a total of £132,200.00 £132,200. However, using leverage of 1:33, a trader would only require an account size of £8,537.92 £4,006 to place the trade with a CFD broker.
CFD brokers allow traders to go long or short, which means a trader could benefit from rising and falling markets.
CFD brokers usually do not charge a commission and instead have their fees included in the spread.
CFD brokers like AvaTrade that offer the MT4 platform, allow clients to use expert advisors to automate their trading strategies.
UK shares that are purchased as a CFD are not liable for the usual 0.5% stamp duty payable with a traditional share purchase (please note that tax laws can change and are subject to individual circumstances).
Unlike traditional brokerages that only offer stock trading, CFD brokers like LCG give access to a wide variety of instruments like stocks, commodities and currencies.
As mentioned, leverage is a double-edged sword that can magnify both gains and losses. And as with all trading, traders are at the risk of the markets moving against them.
CFD brokers typically charge an overnight fee for holding a long position overnight. This is essentially the cost of borrowing the money from the broker to purchase the shares on margin. There would be no overnight fee if you closed the position on the same trading day. Therefore, this would only be a disadvantage if you are not a day trader or intraday trader.
For example, LCG currently charge an overnight financing fee of 2.73% for individual equities. This means that for the example trade above, it would cost a trader £9.87 every day the position was open.
For further information on trading stocks as a CFD, visit out "trading stocks as a CFD page". It is important to remember leverage can work both ways and magnify gains and losses.
*All information collected from https://www.lcg.com/uk/, see website for full terms and conditions. Your capital is at risk. Last updated on 20th March, 2017.
Schrodersshares are currently priced at £2,644.00, after opening the day at £2,610.00. As of 09/01/2019, Schroders have 226 million shares available, bringing their market capMarketing capitalisation is the value of a publicly traded company, calculated by multiplying the current share price by the total number of shares available. to £7,226 million.
This market cap makes Schroders the 52nd largest stock on the FTSE 100 index by market capitalisation. In the past 30 days, the Schroders share price has increased by 13.28%, from £2,334.00. In the past 90 days, it has ' ; decreased by -8.26%, from £2,882.00 to the current price of £2,644.00.
In terms of trading activity Schroders is the 89th most actively traded stock in the FTSE100, with an average of 212,692 shares being traded per day.
Schroders had a profitafter tax for the financial year ending 31/12/2015of £467 million, an increase from £413 million for the financial year ending 31/12/2014, an overall 13% change in profit after tax.
Schroders was listed on the London Stock Exchange on September 30, 1959, and can be traded on Monday-Friday between 8am and 4.30pm GMT (UK time).
Schroders paid a dividend of 83.00p in 2016, an increase from 66.00p in 2015.
In the past 52 weeks, Schroders's shares hit a low of £2,289.00 and a high of £3,784.00. This means that their current share price is 15.51%above the 52-week low and 30.13%below the 52-week high.
Schroders has a price/earnings ratio of 16.82. For comparison, London Stock Exchange Group's P/E ratio is 26.54 and 3i Group's P/E ratio is 5.33. Schroders's basic earning per share from continuing operations for the 31/12/2015 financial year was 171.10p, which was an increase from the previous financial year of 79.10p.
*Information is provided "as is" and solely for informational purposes, not for trading purposes or advice, and may be delayed.
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CFDs are leveraged products and can result in the loss of your capital. All information collected on 1/11/2017.