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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Northern Trust currently has a consensus target price of $84.92, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $173.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.89%. Given Northern Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.
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.
In the previous week, Affiliated Managers Group had 4 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group and 10 mentions for Northern Trust. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Northern Trust's score of 0.78 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northern Trust has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group 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.
Affiliated Managers Group received 241 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 41.79% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.
Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Affiliated Managers Group's net margin of 7.59%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 16.66% beat Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity.
Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Northern Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Northern Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary Affiliated Managers Group beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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