DBRG vs. PJT, AMK, HPH, FHI, GCMG, CIXXF, VRTS, VCTR, CNS, and APAM
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), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Victory Capital (VCTR), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus target price of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 62.34%. PJT Partners has a consensus target price of $93.25, suggesting a potential downside of 10.29%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than PJT Partners.
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.
DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PJT Partners has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 1 more articles in the media than PJT Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 2 mentions for PJT Partners. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.10 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 26.64% compared to PJT Partners' net margin of 7.57%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 17.36% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and 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.
DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PJT Partners pays out 27.5% 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.
92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of PJT Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats PJT Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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