Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) 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 dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is PSH or LGEN a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pershing Square pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 478.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, PSH or LGEN?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PSH or LGEN?

Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 246.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Legal & General Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSH or LGEN?

8.9% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pershing Square shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PSH or LGEN?

Pershing Square has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square	£1.20B	6.75	£2.71B	£6.38	714.73
Legal & General Group	£18.57B	0.71	£319.08M	£0.04	5,264.57

Does the media prefer PSH or LGEN?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 3 more articles in the media than Legal & General Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pershing Square and 5 mentions for Legal & General Group. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.92 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Legal & General Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSH or LGEN more profitable?

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
Pershing Square	75.97%	17.71%	11.83%
Legal & General Group	0.67%	7.79%	0.18%

Summary

Pershing Square beats Legal & General Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.