abrdn (ABDN) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is ABDN or PSH a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. abrdn pays out 85.3% 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 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABDN or PSH?

abrdn received 7 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.73%	Underperform Votes 48 87.27%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, ABDN or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, 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
abrdn	£1.49B	2.02	£316.36M	£17.59	9.57
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.39	£2.71B	£953.80	3.91

Is ABDN or PSH more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ABDN or PSH?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ABDN or PSH?

In the previous week, abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.20 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	Neutral
Pershing Square	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or PSH?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ABDN or PSH?

abrdn presently has a consensus target price of GBX 163.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

abrdn beats Pershing Square on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.