EMG vs. PSH, STJ, MNG, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, PCT, and ABDN
Should you be buying Man Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Man Group include Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Man Group vs. Its Competitors
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Man Group (LON:EMG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Man Group has a consensus price target of GBX 229.40, suggesting a potential upside of 22.09%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Man Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Man Group's net margin of 22.58%. Man Group's return on equity of 19.64% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Pershing Square has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Man Group. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Man Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Man Group pays out 109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Man Group had 3 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Man Group and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Man Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Man Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Man Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Man Group shares are owned 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.
Summary
Man Group beats Pershing Square on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EMG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
