HGT vs. PSH, ICP, SDRC, STJ, MNG, SDR, HL, FCIT, PCT, and ATST
Should you be buying HgCapital Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HgCapital Trust include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
HgCapital Trust vs. Its Competitors
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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.
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.
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.
HgCapital Trust received 110 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HgCapital Trust beats Pershing Square on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HGT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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