HgCapital Trust (HGT) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PSH or HGT?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or HGT?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSH or HGT?

HgCapital Trust received 110 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%

Does the media prefer PSH or HGT?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 2 more articles in the media than HgCapital Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pershing Square and 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.15 indicating that HgCapital Trust 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)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HgCapital Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is PSH or HGT more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%

Is PSH or HGT a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSH or HGT?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than HgCapital Trust. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, 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
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.24	£284.58M	£60.49	8.07

Summary

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