HgCapital Trust (HGT) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

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

8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PSH or HGT?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than HgCapital Trust. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, 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
Pershing Square	£1.20B	6.96	£2.71B	£6.38	737.30
HgCapital Trust	£247.62M	8.90	£284.58M	£0.52	933.50

Does the media prefer PSH or HGT?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 1 mentions for Pershing Square. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HgCapital Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PSH or HGT?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or HGT a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 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. HgCapital Trust pays out 12.6% 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.

Is PSH or HGT more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%

Summary

Pershing Square beats HgCapital Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.