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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has preferable 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	£255.96M	9.62	£230.52M	£0.50	1,076.00
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.08	£2.49B	£10.54	337.57

Is HGT or PSH more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 90.06% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 79.14%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	90.06%	10.52%	6.88%
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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

Does the media prefer HGT or PSH?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than HgCapital Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 1 mentions for HgCapital Trust. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.58 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pershing Square	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 volatility and risk, HGT or PSH?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% 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.

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 1.3%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HgCapital Trust pays out 1,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

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