Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend ICP or PSH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor ICP or PSH?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.67 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Positive
Pershing Square	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICP or PSH?

Intermediate Capital Group received 398 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Is ICP or PSH more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 89.21% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 29.00% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
Pershing Square	89.21%	29.00%	14.57%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ICP or PSH?

71.0% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ICP or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Pershing Square 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	7.62	£409.10M	£0.77	2,831.17
Pershing Square	£3.10B	2.52	£2.76B	£11.44	364.86

Which has more risk and volatility, ICP or PSH?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ICP or PSH a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. Pershing Square pays out 367.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Pershing Square beats Intermediate Capital Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.