Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PSH or CLDN?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PSH or CLDN more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 79.14%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	7.07%	4.23%

Which has more risk and volatility, PSH or CLDN?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or CLDN a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. Caledonia Investments pays out 1,897.0% 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 MarketBeat Community believe in PSH or CLDN?

Caledonia Investments received 142 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
Caledonia Investments	Outperform Votes 142 60.94%	Underperform Votes 91 39.06%

Does the media favor PSH or CLDN?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.07 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Caledonia Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSH or CLDN?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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	2.10	£2.49B	£10.54	340.04
Caledonia Investments	£236.20M	7.59	£203.80M	£3.69	903.44

Summary

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