STJ vs. MNKS, JGGI, ABDN, INPP, HICL, PHLL, SSON, IIG, BUR, and HGT
Should you be buying St. James's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of St. James's Place include Monks (MNKS), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), abrdn (ABDN), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Burford Capital (BUR), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
St. James's Place has higher revenue and earnings than Monks. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
St. James's Place received 652 more outperform votes than Monks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave St. James's Place an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote.
76.8% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Monks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
St. James's Place has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Monks had 34 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Monks and 8 mentions for St. James's Place. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Monks' score of 0.12 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. James's Place has a net margin of -0.05% compared to Monks' net margin of -3.97%. Monks' return on equity of -0.03% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.
St. James's Place presently has a consensus target price of GBX 646.75, indicating a potential upside of 48.47%. Given St. James' Place's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Monks.
St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. St. James's Place pays out -120,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
St. James's Place beats Monks on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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