Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend HL or MNG?

Hargreaves Lansdown presently has a consensus target price of GBX 959, suggesting a potential downside of 12.02%. M&G has a consensus target price of GBX 224.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.36%. Given M&G's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe M&G is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
M&G	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HL or MNG?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher earnings, but lower revenue than M&G. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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
Hargreaves Lansdown	£753.30M	6.86	£301.70M	£0.69	1,579.71
M&G	£6.28B	0.76	£297M	£0.12	1,677.50

Does the media prefer HL or MNG?

In the previous week, Hargreaves Lansdown had 13 more articles in the media than M&G. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown and 4 mentions for M&G. M&G's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of -0.14 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
M&G	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HL or MNG more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 40.05% compared to M&G's net margin of 4.73%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 45.80% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	40.05%	45.80%	21.03%
M&G	4.73%	7.36%	0.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or MNG?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 351 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.04% of users gave M&G an outperform vote while only 47.69% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 402 47.69%	Underperform Votes 441 52.31%
M&G	Outperform Votes 51 49.04%	Underperform Votes 53 50.96%

Is HL or MNG a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,087.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M&G pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, HL or MNG?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HL or MNG?

56.5% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. 25.8% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats M&G on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.