PHLL vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, and HL
Should you be buying Petershill Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petershill Partners include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Petershill Partners vs. Its Competitors
Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.
Petershill Partners has a net margin of 59.57% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 7.79% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.
Petershill Partners presently has a consensus price target of GBX 311.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.74%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 246.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Petershill Partners.
Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Legal & General Group and 2 mentions for Petershill Partners. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Petershill Partners' score of -0.34 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.9% of Petershill Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Petershill Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Petershill Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Petershill Partners pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 478.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Petershill Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PHLL) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
