Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STJ or N91?

Ninety One Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. Ninety One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than St. James's Place, 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
St. James's Place	£16.94B	0.39	-£6.46M	£0.94	1,325.03
Ninety One Group	£700M	2.47	£154.01M	£0.17	1,167.44

Do analysts prefer STJ or N91?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, indicating a potential upside of 18.85%. Ninety One Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential downside of 5.38%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Ninety One Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is STJ or N91 a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. St. James's Place pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% 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.

Is STJ or N91 more profitable?

Ninety One Group has a net margin of 26.24% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%

Does the media prefer STJ or N91?

In the previous week, St. James's Place and St. James's Place both had 2 articles in the media. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.46 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ninety One Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, STJ or N91?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STJ or N91?

77.8% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

St. James's Place beats Ninety One Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.