HRI vs. MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, EMG, STJ, ABDN, RCP, and JGGI
Should you be buying Herald stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herald include M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), St. James's Place (STJ), abrdn (ABDN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
M&G (LON:MNG) and Herald (LON:HRI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
M&G presently has a consensus target price of GBX 224.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.59%. Given Herald's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe M&G is more favorable than Herald.
Herald received 52 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Herald had 1 more articles in the media than M&G. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Herald and 0 mentions for M&G. Herald's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat M&G's score of 0.00 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the media.
M&G has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Herald has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Herald's net margin of 4.73%. Herald's return on equity of 7.36% beat M&G's return on equity.
54.8% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of M&G shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Herald shares are held by company 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.
M&G has higher revenue and earnings than Herald. M&G is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Herald beats M&G on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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