City of London (CTY) Competitors

Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and City of London (LON:CTY) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PHLL or CTY?

86.1% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PHLL or CTY?

Petershill Partners currently has a consensus price target of GBX 248.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.80%. Given City of London's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than City of London.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is PHLL or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to City of London's net margin of 58.77%. City of London's return on equity of 6.72% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petershill Partners	58.77%	6.72%	5.60%
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%

Does the media refer more to PHLL or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 41 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for Petershill Partners. Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat City of London's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petershill Partners	Neutral
City of London	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PHLL or CTY?

Petershill Partners has higher revenue and earnings than City of London. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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
Petershill Partners	£546.40M	4.15	£321.10M	£0.23	880.43
City of London	£140.56M	15.13	£127.17M	£0.25	1,706.00

Is PHLL or CTY a better dividend stock?

Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Petershill Partners pays out 5,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City of London pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petershill Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHLL or CTY?

City of London received 55 more outperform votes than Petershill Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Petershill Partners an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petershill Partners	Outperform Votes 13 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, PHLL or CTY?

Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Petershill Partners beats City of London on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.