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Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

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GBX 3,500 +16.00 (+0.46%)
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PSH vs. LGEN, SMT, ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, FCIT, STJ, MNG, and ATST

Should you be buying Pershing Square stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pershing Square include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Pershing Square vs.

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Legal & General Group received 1249 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Legal & General GroupOutperform Votes
1249
71.86%
Underperform Votes
489
28.14%
Pershing SquareN/AN/A

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more 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.

Pershing Square has a net margin of 75.97% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 17.71% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Legal & General Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18%
Pershing Square 75.97%17.71%11.83%

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 267, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Pershing Square
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Pershing Square has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. Pershing Square 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.29£319.08M£5.4243.88
Pershing Square£3.57B2.24£2.71B£953.803.67

47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for Pershing Square. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group Positive
Pershing Square Neutral

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. Pershing Square pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Legal & General Group beats Pershing Square on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSH vs. The Competition

MetricPershing SquareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.01B£1.11B£3.78B£2.52B
Dividend Yield1.39%4.45%4.21%4.96%
P/E Ratio3.6724.1714.09131.14
Price / Sales2.242,242.021,665.45251,485.46
Price / Cash0.5661.1450.2928.07
Price / Book0.511.113.374.49
Net Income£2.71B£261.65M£1.24B£5.83B
7 Day Performance2.51%0.89%1.53%1.43%
1 Month Performance-10.40%2.93%6.71%5.18%
1 Year Performance-12.38%1.20%9.29%102.08%

Pershing Square Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,500
+0.5%
N/A-13.1%£8.01B£3.57B3.67N/AGap Up
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.9085 of 5 stars
GBX 243
+1.9%
GBX 267
+9.9%
-0.8%£14.24B£47.90B44.8611,956Positive News
Gap Down
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.5315 of 5 stars
GBX 884
+0.3%
N/A+6.3%£10.81B£1.26B9.07N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.3389 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News Coverage
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.831 of 5 stars
GBX 1,108.50
flat
GBX 1,104
-0.4%
+49.4%£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
2.4701 of 5 stars
GBX 318.20
+2.4%
GBX 427.33
+34.3%
-14.4%£4.94B£2.78B13.906,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,017
+1.1%
N/A+3.8%£4.92B£981.19M5.27N/ADividend Announcement
STJ
St. James's Place
1.3657 of 5 stars
GBX 900.40
+4.2%
GBX 784.25
-12.9%
+105.8%£4.87B£26.27B-754.662,298
MNG
M&G
0.6005 of 5 stars
GBX 194.80
+3.5%
GBX 223.33
+14.6%
-0.1%£4.64B£9.02B27.786,101
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003

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This page (LON:PSH) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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