AJ Bell (AJB) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PSH or AJB?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer PSH or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 385.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.38%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Pershing Square.

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)	0.00
AJ Bell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSH or AJB?

AJ Bell received 37 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 37 42.53%	Underperform Votes 50 57.47%

Is PSH or AJB more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.20%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 49.62% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%
AJ Bell	33.20%	49.62%	36.07%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PSH or AJB?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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	2.08	£2.49B	£10.54	337.57
AJ Bell	£244.98M	7.76	£81.33M	£0.20	2,305.00

Which has more volatility & risk, PSH or AJB?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or AJB a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. AJ Bell pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer PSH or AJB?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 2 more articles in the media than AJ Bell. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for AJ Bell. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat AJ Bell's score of -0.12 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	Positive
AJ Bell	Neutral

Summary

AJ Bell beats Pershing Square on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.