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Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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GBX 176.90 -2.00 (-1.12%)
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QLT vs. PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, SDR, MNG, FCIT, HL, PCT, and ABDN

Should you be buying Quilter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quilter include Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), M&G (MNG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Quilter vs. Its Competitors

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

45.6% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Quilter had 5 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quilter and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Quilter Neutral
Pershing Square Neutral

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Quilter pays out -5,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% 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. Quilter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% 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.

Quilter currently has a consensus target price of GBX 181.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.43%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quilter
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
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 Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quilter0.78% 3.33% 0.21%
Pershing Square 75.97%17.71%11.83%

Pershing Square has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. Quilter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pershing Square, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quilter£4.60B0.53£49.61M-£0.00-176,900.00
Pershing Square£1.20B6.79£2.71B£6.38721.54

Summary

Quilter beats Pershing Square on 10 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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QLT vs. The Competition

MetricQuilterAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.46B£1.44B£4.87B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.54%4.60%4.33%5.32%
P/E Ratio-176,900.003,119.251,349.834,413.44
Price / Sales0.531,978.641,460.99101,274.19
Price / Cash0.8460.46127.6527.90
Price / Book1.601.373.588.27
Net Income£49.61M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.25%-0.41%-0.32%0.31%
1 Month Performance7.28%0.40%2.52%2.22%
1 Year Performance24.93%8.73%44.13%145.50%

Quilter Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QLT
Quilter
1.0045 of 5 stars
GBX 176.90
-1.1%
GBX 181.20
+2.4%
+28.7%£2.46B£4.60B-176,900.002,983News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,686
+0.9%
N/A+25.8%£8.33B£1.20B734.48N/A
STJ
St. James's Place
2.5098 of 5 stars
GBX 1,284.50
-0.7%
GBX 1,515
+17.9%
+74.0%£6.69B£16.94B1,362.142,298Analyst Forecast
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
1.8379 of 5 stars
GBX 393.20
+0.1%
GBX 398.33
+1.3%
+10.4%£6.10B£3.02B1,763.236,438News Coverage
MNG
M&G
1.0925 of 5 stars
GBX 255.80
+0.6%
GBX 266
+4.0%
+30.3%£6.06B£15.21B-10,232.006,101News Coverage
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,213.52
+0.5%
N/A+12.6%£5.80B£367.41M1,679.61N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.7561 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 447.97
-1.1%
N/A+35.5%£5.11B£122.39M4,493.18120Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
1.4315 of 5 stars
GBX 208.71
+0.1%
GBX 208.60
-0.1%
+32.5%£3.73B£1.68B1,199.484,719

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This page (LON:QLT) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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