AMG vs. NTRS, ARCC, BEN, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, CNS, GBDC, PSEC, and VRTS
Should you be buying Affiliated Managers Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Affiliated Managers Group include Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), and Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Northern Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northern Trust has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned 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.
Northern Trust presently has a consensus target price of $86.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.70%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $174.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.57%. Given Northern Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.
In the previous week, Northern Trust had 12 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Northern Trust and 5 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Northern Trust's score of 0.91 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Northern Trust pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.2% 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.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 10.53%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 16.66% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
Affiliated Managers Group received 242 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 41.76% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Affiliated Managers Group beats Northern Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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