abrdn (ABDN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, ABDN or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, 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
abrdn	£1.41B	1.72	£317M	£0.17	800.00
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.08	£2.49B	£10.54	336.05

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABDN or PSH?

abrdn received 7 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.96%	Underperform Votes 47 87.04%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate ABDN or PSH?

abrdn currently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, suggesting a potential upside of 13.97%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or PSH?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ABDN or PSH?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ABDN or PSH more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to abrdn's net margin of 22.51%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	22.51%	6.24%	0.68%
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%

Is ABDN or PSH a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. abrdn pays out 8,823.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Does the media prefer ABDN or PSH?

In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for abrdn and 3 mentions for Pershing Square. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.07 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pershing Square	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

abrdn beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.