DBRG vs. PJT, AMK, HPH, FHI, CIXXF, GCMG, VRTS, VCTR, APAM, and CNS
Should you be buying DigitalBridge Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DigitalBridge Group include PJT Partners (PJT), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Highest Performances (HPH), Federated Hermes (FHI), CI Financial (CIXXF), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
PJT Partners has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PJT Partners presently has a consensus target price of $93.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.37%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 49.96%. Given PJT Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than PJT Partners.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 7.57%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 17.36% beat PJT Partners' return on equity.
PJT Partners received 231 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave PJT Partners an outperform vote while only 43.14% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.
PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. PJT Partners pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
DigitalBridge Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PJT Partners. DigitalBridge Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PJT Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of PJT Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 3 more articles in the media than PJT Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 6 mentions for PJT Partners. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat PJT Partners' score of 0.41 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats PJT Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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