MNKS vs. PSH, STJ, ICP, SDR, SDRC, MNG, 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 (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), 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, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Monks had 16 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Monks and 3 mentions for Pershing Square. Monks' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Monks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Monks beats Pershing Square on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:MNKS) was last updated on 7/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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