PNL vs. SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying Personal Assets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Assets include Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Personal Assets' net margin of 0.00%. Schroders' return on equity of 9.00% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.
35.2% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Personal Assets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Personal Assets had 2 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for Schroders. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Schroders' score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Schroders has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 432, indicating a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Schroders' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than Personal Assets.
Schroders received 365 more outperform votes than Personal Assets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Personal Assets pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Schroders beats Personal Assets on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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