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Man Group (EMG) Competitors

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GBX 164.52 -0.39 (-0.23%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:10 PM Eastern

EMG vs. PSH, STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, and ABDN

Should you be buying Man Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Man Group include Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Man Group vs. Its Competitors

Man Group (LON:EMG) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

28.8% of Man Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Man Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Man Group's net margin of 22.58%. Man Group's return on equity of 19.64% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Man Group22.58% 19.64% 4.61%
Pershing Square 75.97%17.71%11.83%

In the previous week, Man Group had 4 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Man Group and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Man Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Man Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Man Group Neutral
Pershing Square Neutral

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Man Group. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Man Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Man Group£1.69B1.40£382.68M£21.207.76
Pershing Square£3.57B2.63£2.71B£953.804.31

Man Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 220.80, suggesting a potential upside of 34.21%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Man Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Man Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Pershing Square
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Man Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less 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.

Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Man Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% 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.

Summary

Man Group and Pershing Square tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMG vs. The Competition

MetricMan GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.38B£1.29B£6.30B£3.03B
Dividend Yield4.27%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.7622.3714.04176.75
Price / Sales1.402,540.331,848.52264,362.45
Price / Cash6.3360.70127.5327.97
Price / Book1.231.452.244.53
Net Income£382.68M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-8.35%-0.46%6.05%12.58%
1 Month Performance-4.85%0.52%1.79%6.10%
1 Year Performance-28.72%6.39%19.31%71.60%

Man Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMG
Man Group
2.661 of 5 stars
GBX 164.52
-0.2%
GBX 220.80
+34.2%
-30.9%£2.38B£1.69B7.761,790News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,191.15
+0.7%
N/A+8.3%£9.59B£3.57B4.39N/AGap Up
STJ
St. James's Place
1.054 of 5 stars
GBX 1,169
+0.3%
GBX 1,408.75
+20.5%
+87.1%£6.32B£26.27B-979.792,298News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
MNG
M&G
0.9601 of 5 stars
GBX 258.10
+0.2%
GBX 248.75
-3.6%
+22.9%£6.15B£9.02B36.806,101News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
1.5507 of 5 stars
GBX 390.40
-1.3%
GBX 386.25
-1.1%
+6.7%£6.06B£2.78B17.056,438News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,167.69
+0.7%
N/A+10.3%£5.64B£981.19M6.05N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.3417 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive News
High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 393.95
+1.0%
N/A-87.3%£4.64B£1.24B3.87120Positive News
ABDN
abrdn
2.0186 of 5 stars
GBX 200.99
+0.6%
GBX 184.33
-8.3%
+14.4%£3.60B£1.49B11.434,719News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:EMG) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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