JHG vs. AMG, LAZ, HLNE, STEP, AB, IVZ, MC, CNS, VCTR, and APAM
Should you be buying Janus Henderson Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Janus Henderson Group include Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Lazard (LAZ), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), StepStone Group (STEP), AllianceBernstein (AB), Invesco (IVZ), Moelis & Company (MC), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Victory Capital (VCTR), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) and Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
87.9% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Janus Henderson Group has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Janus Henderson Group pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Janus Henderson Group pays out 58.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% 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.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 32.71% compared to Janus Henderson Group's net margin of 19.89%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.29% beat Janus Henderson Group's return on equity.
Janus Henderson Group presently has a consensus price target of $28.93, suggesting a potential downside of 11.12%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus price target of $171.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.77%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Janus Henderson Group.
Affiliated Managers Group received 397 more outperform votes than Janus Henderson Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.06% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 50.87% of users gave Janus Henderson Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Janus Henderson Group had 6 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Janus Henderson Group and 6 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Janus Henderson Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Janus Henderson Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Affiliated Managers Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Janus Henderson Group. Affiliated Managers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Janus Henderson Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Affiliated Managers Group beats Janus Henderson Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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