Petershill Partners (PHLL) Competitors

Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PHLL or PSH?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Petershill Partners. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petershill Partners, 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
Petershill Partners	£706.00M	4.58	£420.55M	£24.65	9.66
Pershing Square	£3.57B	2.67	£2.71B	£953.80	4.37

Is PHLL or PSH a better dividend stock?

Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, PHLL or PSH?

Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PHLL or PSH?

89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PHLL or PSH?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 1 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for Petershill Partners. Petershill Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pershing Square'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petershill Partners	Neutral
Pershing Square	Neutral

Is PHLL or PSH more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Petershill Partners' net margin of 59.57%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petershill Partners	59.57%	7.17%	5.95%
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%

Do analysts recommend PHLL or PSH?

Petershill Partners currently has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 0.84%. Given Petershill Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Petershill Partners is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petershill Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Pershing Square beats Petershill Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.