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Monks (MNKS) Competitors

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GBX 1,302 -6.00 (-0.46%)
As of 07/4/2025

MNKS vs. PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, and ATST

Should you be buying Monks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monks include Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Monks vs. Its Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Monks (LON:MNKS) 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, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pershing Square75.97% 17.71% 11.83%
Monks 96.67%24.08%9.21%

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Monks had 26 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Monks and 1 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Monks' score of 0.27 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Monks
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Monks. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pershing Square, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square£3.57B2.65£2.71B£953.804.34
Monks£610.03M4.11£589.71M£308.064.23

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 0.6% 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.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MNKS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MNKS vs. The Competition

MetricMonksAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.51B£1.25B£6.11B£2.96B
Dividend Yield0.16%4.35%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio4.2321.8113.20147.88
Price / Sales4.112,406.261,781.00258,917.23
Price / Cash90.9360.8149.7227.97
Price / Book1.031.211.914.61
Net Income£589.71M£264.68M£1.22B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.61%0.13%0.41%1.09%
1 Month Performance4.83%2.47%2.94%4.35%
1 Year Performance10.34%6.02%15.58%83.41%

Monks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,302
-0.5%
N/A+10.3%£2.51B£610.03M4.23N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,902.03
+0.3%
N/A-0.1%£8.93B£3.57B4.09N/ANews Coverage
STJ
St. James's Place
0.8443 of 5 stars
GBX 1,186.91
+0.2%
GBX 843.50
-28.9%
+105.7%£6.42B£26.27B-994.802,298
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.3325 of 5 stars
GBX 256.04
-0.4%
GBX 223.33
-12.8%
+22.6%£6.10B£9.02B36.516,101
SDR
Schroders
1.0729 of 5 stars
GBX 364.20
+0.8%
GBX 392.25
+7.7%
-4.9%£5.65B£2.78B15.916,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,112
+0.4%
N/A+10.6%£5.38B£981.19M5.76N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.1207 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 684
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 362
-0.4%
N/A-89.2%£4.27B£1.24B3.55120Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003

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This page (LON:MNKS) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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