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Pershing Square (PSH) Competitors

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GBX 3,638 +32.00 (+0.89%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

PSH vs. LGEN, SMT, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, SDR, MNG, STJ, and PCT

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), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Pershing Square vs.

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

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Legal & General Group and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pershing Square's score of -0.23 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Legal & General Group pays out 42,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Legal & General Group received 1245 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pershing SquareN/AN/A
Legal & General GroupOutperform Votes
1245
71.80%
Underperform Votes
489
28.20%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pershing Square£3.14B2.13£2.49B£10.54345.16
Legal & General Group£12.32B1.05£281M£0.054,432.00

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pershing Square79.14% 22.66% 11.83%
Legal & General Group 2.46%6.51%0.18%

Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 279, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. 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
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Legal & General Group beats Pershing Square on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PSH vs. The Competition

MetricPershing SquareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.69B£885.40M£3.65B£1.57B
Dividend Yield1.09%14.06%4.40%11.49%
P/E Ratio345.16732.31408.981,600.55
Price / Sales2.133,669.022,500.52243,937.99
Price / Cash0.5676.7641.9532.45
Price / Book0.561.741.562.88
Net Income£2.49B£59.14M£443.02M£170.91M
7 Day Performance2.25%0.57%1.20%-0.04%
1 Month Performance1.73%0.35%1.99%-0.44%
1 Year Performance14.76%10.40%15.98%24.22%

Pershing Square Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,638
+0.9%
N/A+16.1%£6.69B£3.14B345.16N/ADividend Increase
Insider Trade
LGEN
Legal & General Group
3.2615 of 5 stars
GBX 221.10
+1.0%
GBX 279
+26.2%
-2.6%£12.91B£12.32B4,378.0011,956News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.385 of 5 stars
GBX 929.80
+0.8%
N/A+28.7%£12.83B£-712,340,000.00-1,773.85N/ANews Coverage
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AGBX 2,146.57
+1.6%
N/A+37.0%£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AGBX 2,165
-2.0%
N/A+0.0%£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,118.82
+1.0%
N/A+24.0%£5.48B£1.02B584.38N/ANews Coverage
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.1182 of 5 stars
GBX 1,088.50
flat
GBX 1,048.20
-3.7%
+52.9%£5.16B£764.90M1,755.651,850High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
2.0562 of 5 stars
GBX 314.60
+1.2%
GBX 368.50
+17.1%
-21.5%£5.07B£2.93B1,305.836,438
MNG
M&G
1.1171 of 5 stars
GBX 201.05
-0.4%
GBX 223.33
+11.1%
-1.2%£4.78B£6.21B2,884.296,101Positive News
STJ
St. James's Place
0.6586 of 5 stars
GBX 839.50
+1.6%
GBX 784.25
-6.6%
+25.7%£4.53B£26.80B-82,451.402,298
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 342
+1.9%
N/A-85.9%£4.07B£1.15B368.68120News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:PSH) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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