Monks (MNKS) Competitors

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

Is PSH or MNKS a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, PSH or MNKS?

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

Does the media favor PSH or MNKS?

In the previous week, Monks had 31 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Monks and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Monks' score of -0.18 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	Neutral
Monks	Neutral

Is PSH or MNKS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PSH or MNKS?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Monks. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, 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	2.63	£2.71B	£953.80	4.31
Monks	£610.03M	4.23	£589.71M	£308.06	4.35

Summary

Monks beats Pershing Square on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.