MNKS vs. TRIG, HICL, BUR, JGGI, INPP, STJ, ABDN, SSON, HGT, and RCP
Should you be buying Monks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monks include The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), International Public Partnerships (INPP), St. James's Place (STJ), abrdn (ABDN), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), HgCapital Trust (HGT), and RIT Capital Partners (RCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (LON:TRIG) and Monks (LON:MNKS) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Renewables Infrastructure Group's net margin of -3.97%. Monks' return on equity of 0.18% beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's return on equity.
Monks received 10 more outperform votes than The Renewables Infrastructure Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.41% of users gave The Renewables Infrastructure Group an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Monks. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.7% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Monks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Monks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays out 3,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Monks pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 33.66%. Given Monks' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe The Renewables Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Monks.
In the previous week, Monks had 18 more articles in the media than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Monks and 1 mentions for The Renewables Infrastructure Group. Monks' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's score of 0.07 indicating that The Renewables Infrastructure Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Renewables Infrastructure Group beats Monks on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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