Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PSH or QLT?

Pershing Square has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quilter. Pershing Square 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
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.17	£2.49B	£10.54	351.61
Quilter	£6.43B	0.29	£50M	£0.04	3,315.00

Do analysts rate PSH or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 117.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.39%. Given Quilter's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	N/A
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is PSH or QLT more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%
Quilter	0.78%	3.35%	0.21%

Which has more volatility & risk, PSH or QLT?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PSH or QLT?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSH or QLT?

Quilter received 73 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%

Is PSH or QLT a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quilter pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to PSH or QLT?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for Quilter. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quilter'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	Neutral
Quilter	Neutral

Summary

Quilter beats Pershing Square on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.