PNL vs. ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, ABDN, and JGGI
Should you be buying Personal Assets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Assets include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Personal Assets vs. Its Competitors
Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.
Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Personal Assets pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Personal Assets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Personal Assets had 2 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.1% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Personal Assets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by 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
Intermediate Capital Group beats Personal Assets on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PNL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
