City of London (CTY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PSH or CTY?

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
City of London	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or CTY?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PSH or CTY?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than City of London. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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	2.39	£2.49B	£10.54	386.91
City of London	£140.56M	15.00	£127.17M	£0.25	1,692.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSH or CTY?

City of London received 68 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PSH or CTY?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PSH or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 21 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for City of London and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.24 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
City of London	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PSH or CTY a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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. City of London pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PSH or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to City of London's net margin of 79.14%. City of London's return on equity of 22.66% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%

Summary

Pershing Square and City of London tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.