Quilter (QLT) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, QLT or PSH?

Pershing Square has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
Quilter	£6.43B	0.31	£50M	£0.04	3,537.50
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.09	£2.49B	£10.54	337.76

Which has more risk and volatility, QLT or PSH?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is QLT or PSH more profitable?

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.35%	0.21%
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%

Does the media prefer QLT or PSH?

In the previous week, Pershing Square had 4 more articles in the media than Quilter. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for Quilter. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	Neutral
Pershing Square	Positive

Is QLT or PSH a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Quilter pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do analysts prefer QLT or PSH?

Quilter currently has a consensus price target of GBX 117.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.96%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than Pershing Square.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QLT or PSH?

Quilter received 73 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QLT or PSH?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Quilter beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.