Man Group (EMG) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Man Group (LON:EMG) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Is PSH or EMG more profitable?

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
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
Man Group	22.58%	19.64%	4.61%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSH or EMG?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Man Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or EMG?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or EMG a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. 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.

Does the media refer more to PSH or EMG?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 3 more articles in the media than Man Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pershing Square and 2 mentions for Man Group. Man Group's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.15 indicating that Man Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Man Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PSH or EMG?

Man Group has a consensus target price of GBX 281.67, indicating a potential upside of 75.38%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Man Group 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
Man Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better valuation and earnings, PSH or EMG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.15	£2.71B	£953.80	3.51
Man Group	£1.69B	1.37	£382.68M	£21.20	7.58

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSH or EMG?

Man Group received 836 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
Man Group	Outperform Votes 836 60.84%	Underperform Votes 538 39.16%

Summary

Pershing Square beats Man Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.