Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PSH or QLT?

8.9% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.6% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PSH or QLT?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 5 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Quilter. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.81 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quilter	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate PSH or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 179.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quilter 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)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PSH or QLT?

Pershing Square has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square	£1.20B	6.93	£2.71B	£6.38	733.54
Quilter	£4.60B	0.49	£49.61M	-£0.00	-163,500.00

Is PSH or QLT more profitable?

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
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or QLT?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less 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.

Is PSH or QLT a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out -5,900.0% 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.

Summary

Pershing Square and Quilter tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.