AJB vs. PSH, STJ, MNG, ICP, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, and ATST
Should you be buying AJ Bell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AJ Bell include Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AJ Bell vs. Its Competitors
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Pershing Square had 3 more articles in the media than AJ Bell. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pershing Square and 3 mentions for AJ Bell. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat AJ Bell's score of 0.62 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.
8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of AJ Bell 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.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell pays out 57.9% 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.
AJ Bell has a consensus target price of GBX 501, indicating a potential downside of 2.24%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AJ Bell beats Pershing Square on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AJB) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff