MNKS vs. ABDN, JGGI, HICL, INPP, BUR, SSON, IIG, RCP, STJ, and HGT
Should you be buying Monks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monks include abrdn (ABDN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Burford Capital (BUR), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), St. James's Place (STJ), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Monks (LON:MNKS) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
abrdn has a net margin of 0.07% compared to Monks' net margin of -3.97%. abrdn's return on equity of 0.22% beat Monks' return on equity.
Monks received 79 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote while only 13.21% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.
Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Monks pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Monks.
In the previous week, Monks had 47 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for abrdn. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Monks' score of 0.15 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monks has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
19.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Monks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
abrdn beats Monks on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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