Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer STJ or QLT?

In the previous week, Quilter had 4 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quilter and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Quilter's score of 0.32 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quilter	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is STJ or QLT a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STJ or QLT?

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, STJ or QLT?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate STJ or QLT?

St. James's Place currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 179.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.72%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Quilter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, STJ or QLT?

Quilter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.27	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,096.71
Quilter	£6.38B	0.35	£49.61M	£3.72	45.20

Is STJ or QLT more profitable?

Quilter has a net margin of 0.78% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Summary

St. James's Place and Quilter tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.