PSH vs. SDR, FCIT, MNG, HL, PCT, ATST, UKW, SMT, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying Pershing Square stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pershing Square include Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders (LON:SDR) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Schroders had 2 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroders and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.72 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 13.48%. Schroders' return on equity of 22.66% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% 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 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Schroders presently has a consensus target price of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Pershing Square's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Pershing Square.
36.4% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Schroders. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroders, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroders received 473 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Schroders and Pershing Square tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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