PNL vs. STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN
Should you be buying Personal Assets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Assets include St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Personal Assets vs. Its Competitors
Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
46.0% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Personal Assets 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 Personal Assets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Personal Assets' return on equity of 7.96% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.
In the previous week, Personal Assets had 2 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Personal Assets and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,295, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Personal Assets.
Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Personal Assets pays out 15.3% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Personal Assets beats St. James's Place on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PNL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff