Monks (MNKS) 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 risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is PSH or MNKS a better dividend stock?

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 0.1%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSH or MNKS?

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
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.69	£2.71B	£953.80	4.40
Monks	£610.03M	4.37	£589.71M	£308.06	4.49

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or MNKS?

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

Is PSH or MNKS 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
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%

Does the media prefer PSH or MNKS?

In the previous week, Monks had 6 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Monks and 3 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Monks' score of 0.24 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Monks	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PSH or MNKS?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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