Monks (MNKS) Competitors

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

Is MNKS or PSH a better dividend stock?

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% 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.

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

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

Which has more risk and volatility, MNKS or PSH?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MNKS or PSH?

Monks received 86 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Monks	Outperform Votes 86 64.18%	Underperform Votes 48 35.82%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Is MNKS or PSH more profitable?

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
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Does the media refer more to MNKS or PSH?

In the previous week, Monks had 9 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Monks and 5 mentions for Pershing Square. Monks' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.13 indicating that Monks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monks	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pershing Square	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MNKS or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Monks. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, 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
Monks	£610.03M	3.68	£589.71M	£308.06	3.78
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.30	£2.71B	£953.80	3.77

Summary

Monks beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.