HgCapital Trust (HGT) Competitors

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) 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 media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, HGT or PSH?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HGT or PSH?

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

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

Is HGT or PSH 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
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Is HGT or PSH a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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.

Does the media prefer HGT or PSH?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	Very Positive
Pershing Square	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HGT or PSH?

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
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.42	£284.58M	£60.49	8.26
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.50	£2.71B	£953.80	4.10

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Pershing Square on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.