CLDN vs. PSH, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and UKW
Should you be buying Caledonia Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caledonia Investments include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Greencoat UK Wind (UKW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Caledonia Investments pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 8 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.34 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Caledonia Investments received 142 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.54%. Caledonia Investments' return on equity of 22.66% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Summary
Pershing Square beats Caledonia Investments on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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