Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) Competitors

M&G (LON:MNG) and Allianz Technology Trust (LON:ATT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate MNG or ATT?

M&G presently has a consensus price target of GBX 224.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Allianz Technology Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe M&G is more favorable than Allianz Technology Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M&G	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Allianz Technology Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, MNG or ATT?

M&G has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allianz Technology Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MNG or ATT more profitable?

Allianz Technology Trust has a net margin of 97.68% compared to Allianz Technology Trust's net margin of 4.73%. M&G's return on equity of 37.22% beat Allianz Technology Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M&G	4.73%	7.36%	0.43%
Allianz Technology Trust	97.68%	37.22%	23.32%

Does the media favor MNG or ATT?

In the previous week, M&G had 5 more articles in the media than Allianz Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for M&G and 1 mentions for Allianz Technology Trust. M&G's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Allianz Technology Trust's score of 0.25 indicating that Allianz Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
M&G	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Allianz Technology Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MNG or ATT?

Allianz Technology Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than M&G. Allianz Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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
M&G	£6.28B	0.79	£297M	£0.12	1,728.33
Allianz Technology Trust	£430.17M	2.88	£420.20M	£1.06	339.62

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MNG or ATT?

54.8% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of M&G shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Allianz Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MNG or ATT?

Allianz Technology Trust received 28 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Allianz Technology Trust an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
M&G	Outperform Votes 51 49.04%	Underperform Votes 53 50.96%
Allianz Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 79 66.95%	Underperform Votes 39 33.05%

Summary

Allianz Technology Trust beats M&G on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.