QLT vs. RAT, JTC, BNKR, MYI, WTAN, ASHM, PIN, FEV, BHMG, and VEIL
Should you be buying Quilter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quilter include Rathbones Group (RAT), JTC (JTC), Bankers (BNKR), Murray International (MYI), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Pantheon International (PIN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), BH Macro (BHMG), and Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Quilter (LON:QLT) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Quilter has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than Rathbones Group. Rathbones Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rathbones Group received 285 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.
75.4% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Quilter currently has a consensus price target of GBX 93.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.96%. Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, suggesting a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Quilter.
Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 87 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Quilter pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rathbones Group pays out 17,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rathbones Group has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.91%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 3.78% beat Quilter's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 2 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rathbones Group and 3 mentions for Quilter. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Quilter's score of 0.32 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rathbones Group beats Quilter on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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