PHLL vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, and MNG
Should you be buying Petershill Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petershill Partners include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and M&G (MNG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Petershill Partners vs.
Petershill Partners (LON:PHLL) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
89.3% of Petershill Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Petershill Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Petershill Partners has a net margin of 59.57% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 7.79% beat Petershill Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 12 more articles in the media than Petershill Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Petershill Partners. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Petershill Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Petershill Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. Petershill Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petershill Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Petershill Partners pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Petershill Partners has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Legal & General Group received 1234 more outperform votes than Petershill Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Petershill Partners an outperform vote while only 71.86% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote.
Petershill Partners currently has a consensus price target of GBX 245.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.09%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 267, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Petershill Partners.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Petershill Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PHLL) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
