Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PSH or MNG?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than M&G. M&G is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pershing Square, 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
Pershing Square	£3.10B	1.84	£2.76B	-£4.77	-635.64
M&G	-£5.80B	-0.83	-£415M	-£0.18	-1,133.27

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

6.8% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of M&G shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PSH or MNG?

M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 223, indicating a potential upside of 9.32%. Given M&G's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe M&G 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)	N/A
M&G	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is PSH or MNG a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Pershing Square pays out -880.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G pays out -11,111.1% 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. M&G is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PSH or MNG?

In the previous week, M&G had 9 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for M&G and 4 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat M&G's score of 0.54 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M&G	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSH or MNG more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 89.21% compared to M&G's net margin of 0.00%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 29.00% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	89.21%	29.00%	14.57%
M&G	N/A	-10.01%	0.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or MNG?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSH or MNG?

M&G received 48 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
M&G	Outperform Votes 48 51.06%	Underperform Votes 46 48.94%

Summary

M&G beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.