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Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

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GBX 4,754 -22.00 (-0.46%)
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PSH vs. LGEN, SMT, STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, and PCT

Should 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), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Pershing Square vs. Its Competitors

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 246.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Legal & General Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Pershing Square
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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
Legal & General Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18%
Pershing Square 75.97%17.71%11.83%

Pershing Square has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 Ratio
Legal & General Group£18.57B0.72£319.08M£0.045,311.66
Pershing Square£1.20B7.04£2.71B£6.38745.14

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Legal & General Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Legal & General Group. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pershing Square'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pershing Square
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Legal & General Group and Pershing Square tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSH vs. The Competition

MetricPershing SquareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.48B£1.48B£6.44B£2.56B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.62%4.33%5.33%
P/E Ratio745.144,754.181,781.945,399.09
Price / Sales7.041,973.231,367.4497,453.95
Price / Cash0.5660.47127.9427.93
Price / Book0.701.362.099.13
Net Income£2.71B£264.59M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.32%0.33%1.11%0.98%
1 Month Performance10.76%0.94%2.57%3.00%
1 Year Performance28.70%8.82%33.54%191.03%

Pershing Square Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,754
-0.5%
N/A+29.2%£8.48B£1.20B745.14N/A
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.4088 of 5 stars
GBX 237.57
-0.2%
GBX 246.67
+3.8%
+5.8%£13.37B£18.57B5,326.6111,956High Trading Volume
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.6062 of 5 stars
GBX 1,117.57
+0.9%
N/A+39.9%£12.67B£1.24B1,181.74N/A
STJ
St. James's Place
3.3245 of 5 stars
GBX 1,248
+0.8%
GBX 1,485
+19.0%
+73.7%£6.54B£16.94B1,323.442,298News Coverage
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.8864 of 5 stars
GBX 252.90
+0.1%
GBX 266
+5.2%
+21.2%£5.99B£15.21B-1,674.836,101Positive News
SDR
Schroders
2.1471 of 5 stars
GBX 375.80
+0.5%
GBX 387
+3.0%
+9.7%£5.83B£3.02B1,685.206,438Positive News
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,169
+0.2%
N/A+16.8%£5.60B£367.41M1,617.99N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.7028 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 425
+0.7%
N/A+49.2%£4.87B£122.39M4,262.79120Positive News

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This page (LON:PSH) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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