Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors GBX 3,726 -16.00 (-0.43%) As of 05/21/2025 11:53 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesBuy This Stock PSH vs. LGEN, SMT, ICP, SDRC, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, and PCTShould you be buying Pershing Square stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pershing Square include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Pershing Square vs. Legal & General Group Scottish Mortgage Intermediate Capital Group Schroders St. James's Place Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown M&G Polar Capital Technology Trust Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSH or LGEN? Legal & General Group received 1249 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPershing SquareN/AN/ALegal & General GroupOutperform Votes124971.86% Underperform Votes48928.14% Does the media favor PSH or LGEN? In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 1 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.20 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Pershing Square Neutral Legal & General Group Positive Do analysts rate PSH or LGEN? Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 267, suggesting a potential upside of 10.46%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Pershing Square 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Legal & General Group 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80 Is PSH or LGEN a better dividend stock? Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is PSH or LGEN more profitable? Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Pershing Square75.97% 17.71% 11.83% Legal & General Group 0.67%7.79%0.18% Which has higher earnings & valuation, PSH or LGEN? Pershing Square has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. Pershing Square 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPershing Square£3.57B2.39£2.71B£953.803.91Legal & General Group£47.90B0.30£319.08M£5.4244.62 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSH or LGEN? 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, PSH or LGEN? Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryLegal & General Group beats Pershing Square on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Pershing Square News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PSH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PSH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPershing SquareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£8.52B£1.20B£5.34B£2.68BDividend Yield1.39%4.41%4.18%5.05%P/E Ratio3.9121.7612.76134.32Price / Sales2.392,409.521,770.92203,702.46Price / Cash0.5660.4649.7128.02Price / Book0.541.151.343.79Net Income£2.71B£263.32M£1.22B£5.89B7 Day Performance-0.21%0.22%0.55%0.65%1 Month Performance10.83%18.14%11.25%22.12%1 Year Performance-8.23%2.34%13.17%119.61% Pershing Square Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PSHPershing SquareN/AGBX 3,726-0.4%N/A-7.5%£8.52B£3.57B3.91N/APositive NewsLGENLegal & General Group2.0554 of 5 starsGBX 239.630.0%GBX 267+11.4%-4.2%£14.04B£47.90B44.2411,956SMTScottish Mortgage1.1582 of 5 starsGBX 991+0.6%N/A+14.1%£12.12B£1.26B10.17N/AICPIntermediate Capital Group0.391 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News CoverageSDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSTJSt. James's Place1.3636 of 5 starsGBX 1,083.79+1.9%GBX 812.33-25.0%+128.2%£5.86B£26.27B-908.372,298News CoverageSDRSchroders1.5464 of 5 starsGBX 349.60+0.6%GBX 404.75+15.8%-10.0%£5.42B£2.78B15.276,438Analyst ForecastFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,097.45+0.4%N/A+6.0%£5.30B£981.19M5.69N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown2.3871 of 5 starsN/AGBX 1,055.33+∞N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMNGM&G0.2561 of 5 starsGBX 216.90-0.2%GBX 223.33+3.0%+7.6%£5.17B£9.02B30.936,101PCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 325.58+1.3%N/A-89.2%£3.84B£1.24B3.20120News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Legal & General Group Alternatives Scottish Mortgage Alternatives Intermediate Capital Group Alternatives Schroders Alternatives St. James's Place Alternatives Schroders Alternatives F&C Investment Trust Alternatives Hargreaves Lansdown Alternatives M&G Alternatives Polar Capital Technology Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:PSH) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: Prepare to Be Shocked by These PayoutsThere's a strategy out there paying up to 70% on tech stocks like Amazon, Tesla, and Microsoft—stocks that don...Investors Alley | SponsoredThe Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now?The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.Paradigm Press | SponsoredThe Prophet's Newest PredictionA storm is brewing in the markets: new tariffs, recession warnings, and panic in the headlines. 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