Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer N91 or STJ?

Ninety One Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, indicating a potential upside of 1.17%. St. James's Place has a consensus target price of GBX 1,408.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Ninety One Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has better valuation & earnings, N91 or STJ?

Ninety One Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, 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
Ninety One Group	£586.81M	2.83	£154.01M	£17.37	10.81
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.27	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,087.91

Which has more risk and volatility, N91 or STJ?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to N91 or STJ?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 10 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for St. James's Place and 1 mentions for Ninety One Group. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.29 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
St. James's Place	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is N91 or STJ a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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 and insiders hold more shares of N91 or STJ?

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is N91 or STJ more profitable?

Ninety One Group has a net margin of 26.24% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%

Summary

Ninety One Group and St. James's Place tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.