Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, N91 or STJ?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, N91 or STJ?

Ninety One Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, 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	2.82	£154.01M	£17.37	10.76
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.25	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,026.31

Is N91 or STJ 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
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%

Is N91 or STJ a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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.

Do analysts rate N91 or STJ?

Ninety One Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 173, indicating a potential downside of 7.41%. St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,170, indicating a potential downside of 4.45%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer N91 or STJ?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 5 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for St. James's Place and 2 mentions for Ninety One Group. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.00 indicating that St. James's Place 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ninety One Group and St. James's Place tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.