Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is N91 or MNG more profitable?

Ninety One Group has a net margin of 26.24% compared to M&G's net margin of 1.85%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
M&G	1.85%	4.31%	0.40%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of N91 or MNG?

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G 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.

Do analysts prefer N91 or MNG?

Ninety One Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. M&G has a consensus target price of GBX 255, suggesting a potential downside of 4.92%. Given Ninety One Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than M&G.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
M&G	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor N91 or MNG?

In the previous week, M&G had 7 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for M&G and 1 mentions for Ninety One Group. M&G's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.15 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
M&G	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, N91 or MNG?

M&G has higher revenue and earnings than Ninety One Group. Ninety One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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
Ninety One Group	£586.81M	2.92	£154.01M	£17.37	11.14
M&G	£9.02B	0.71	£166.98M	£7.01	38.24

Is N91 or MNG a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, N91 or MNG?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

M&G beats Ninety One Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.