Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is N91 or MNG a better dividend stock?

Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer N91 or MNG?

M&G received 50 more outperform votes than Ninety One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.15% of users gave M&G an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Ninety One Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%
M&G	Outperform Votes 52 48.15%	Underperform Votes 56 51.85%

Do analysts rate N91 or MNG?

Ninety One Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 173, indicating a potential upside of 18.98%. M&G has a consensus target price of GBX 227.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. Given Ninety One Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than M&G.

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
M&G	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in N91 or MNG?

26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor N91 or MNG?

In the previous week, Ninety One Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled M&G'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	Neutral
M&G	Neutral

Is N91 or MNG more profitable?

Ninety One Group has a net margin of 26.24% compared to M&G's net margin of 1.85%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
M&G	1.85%	4.31%	0.40%

Which has more volatility & risk, N91 or MNG?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, N91 or MNG?

M&G has higher revenue and earnings than Ninety One Group. Ninety One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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	2.19	£154.01M	£17.37	8.37
M&G	£9.02B	0.55	£166.98M	£7.01	29.83

Summary

Ninety One Group and M&G tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.