EMG vs. PSH, ICP, STJ, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, and PHLL
Should you be buying Man Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Man Group include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Petershill Partners (PHLL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Man Group vs.
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Man Group (LON:EMG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Man Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Man Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Man Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for Man Group. Man Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.10 indicating that Man Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Man Group received 835 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Man Group has a consensus price target of GBX 291.17, indicating a potential upside of 37.21%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Man Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Man Group pays out 61.3% 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.
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.
Summary
Pershing Square beats Man Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EMG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
