AJ Bell (AJB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AJB or PSH?

AJ Bell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 487.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AJB or PSH?

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
AJ Bell	£244.98M	7.72	£81.33M	£0.20	2,292.50
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.28	£2.49B	£10.54	369.45

Which has more volatility and risk, AJB or PSH?

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

Does the media favor AJB or PSH?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 3 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AJ Bell and 3 mentions for Pershing Square. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.55 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	1 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AJB or PSH a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AJB or PSH?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AJB or PSH 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
AJ Bell	33.20%	49.62%	36.07%
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AJB or PSH?

AJ Bell received 38 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.70%	Underperform Votes 51 57.30%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Summary

AJ Bell beats Pershing Square on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.