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Monks (MNKS) Competitors

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GBX 1,502 +2.00 (+0.13%)
As of 10/23/2025 12:18 PM Eastern

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

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), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Monks vs. Its Competitors

Monks (LON:MNKS) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

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.

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
Monks-£12.00M-216.34£589.71M-£8.33-180.31
Pershing Square£1.20B6.94£2.71B£638.007.37

10.1% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Monks had 7 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. Monks' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 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)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pershing Square
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Monks96.67% 24.08% 9.21%
Pershing Square 75.97%17.71%11.83%

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Monks pays out -0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 0.1% 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 9 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£2.60B£1.45B£4.86B£2.61B
Dividend Yield0.03%4.72%4.41%5.37%
P/E Ratio-180.3143.7922.47400.16
Price / Sales-216.341,982.971,455.1998,166.00
Price / Cash90.9360.47127.7427.90
Price / Book1.191.362.147.36
Net Income£589.71M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.43%0.72%0.49%0.72%
1 Month Performance2.32%0.60%0.56%0.95%
1 Year Performance27.50%9.04%39.22%116.77%

Monks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,502
+0.1%
N/A+27.1%£2.60B-£12.00M-180.31N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,636
+0.3%
N/A+31.5%£8.24B£1.20B7.27N/ANews Coverage
STJ
St. James's Place
3.6593 of 5 stars
GBX 1,357.17
+2.0%
GBX 1,555.83
+14.6%
+53.6%£7.06B£16.94B14.392,298
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
MNG
M&G
1.021 of 5 stars
GBX 261.60
+2.2%
GBX 278.67
+6.5%
+29.7%£6.20B£15.21B-104.646,101News Coverage
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
3.2973 of 5 stars
GBX 379
+0.5%
GBX 409.57
+8.1%
+2.5%£5.88B£3.02B17.006,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,190
+0.2%
N/A+14.1%£5.69B£367.41M16.47N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.9065 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 433
-1.6%
N/A+41.2%£4.94B£122.39M43.43120Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
2.398 of 5 stars
GBX 201.80
+0.2%
GBX 204.67
+1.4%
+24.3%£3.61B£1.68B11.604,719News Coverage
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This page (LON:MNKS) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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