Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer LGEN or PSH?

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 246.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.99%. 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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LGEN or PSH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legal & General Group	£47.90B	0.31	£319.08M	£5.42	46.94
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.78	£2.71B	£953.80	4.55

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LGEN or PSH?

47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LGEN or PSH a better dividend stock?

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is LGEN or PSH 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
Legal & General Group	0.67%	7.79%	0.18%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Which has more volatility and risk, LGEN or PSH?

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

Does the media refer more to LGEN or PSH?

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 4 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Legal & General Group and 4 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pershing Square	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Legal & General Group beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.