PSH vs. LGEN, SMT, STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, 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), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), 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
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 268.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.19%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 4 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for Pershing Square. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Pershing Square on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PSH) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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