Monks (MNKS) Competitors

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

Does the media favor MNKS or PSH?

In the previous week, Monks had 2 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Monks' score of -0.03 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monks	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	£419.32M	6.18	£398.35M	£1.78	721.35
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.30	£2.49B	£10.54	372.98

Which has more volatility & risk, MNKS or PSH?

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

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 1.2%. Monks pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is MNKS or PSH more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 95.00% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 79.14%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Monks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monks	95.00%	15.61%	9.21%
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%

Summary

Monks and Pershing Square tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.