3i Infrastructure (3IN) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and 3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) 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 media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PSH or 3IN?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PSH or 3IN more profitable?

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat 3i Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or 3IN?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or 3IN a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% 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 better valuation and earnings, PSH or 3IN?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than 3i Infrastructure. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, 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
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.69	£2.71B	£953.80	4.40
3i Infrastructure	£374M	8.56	£347M	£0.38	913.16

Does the media favor PSH or 3IN?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure had 4 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 3i Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. 3i Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that 3i Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	Neutral
3i Infrastructure	Positive

Summary

Pershing Square beats 3i Infrastructure on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.