MNKS vs. PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, STJ, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, and ATST
Should you be buying Monks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monks include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), St. James's Place (STJ), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Monks vs.
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 0.6% 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.
In the previous week, Monks had 5 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Monks and 3 mentions for Pershing Square. Monks' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.10 indicating that Monks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are held 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.
Monks received 86 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 75.97%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Monks. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pershing Square, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Monks beats Pershing Square on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MNKS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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