Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLDN or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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
Caledonia Investments	£104.10M	18.87	£199.92M	£0.12	3,091.51
Pershing Square	£1.20B	6.93	£2.71B	£6.38	733.54

Which has more risk and volatility, CLDN or PSH?

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less 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.

Is CLDN or PSH a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Caledonia Investments pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% 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.

Does the media prefer CLDN or PSH?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 5 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Caledonia Investments. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Caledonia Investments' score of 0.75 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pershing Square	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CLDN or PSH more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	6.98%	4.23%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CLDN or PSH?

7.3% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Pershing Square beats Caledonia Investments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.