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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
36.4% of Schroders shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders received 473 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Schroders. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders currently has a consensus price target of GBX 432, indicating a potential upside of 15.45%. Given Pershing Square's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Summary
Pershing Square beats Schroders on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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