Rathbones Group (RAT) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Is HL or RAT a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rathbones Group pays out 14,426.2% 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HL or RAT?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HL or RAT?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 49 more outperform votes than Rathbones Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%
Rathbones Group	Outperform Votes 358 63.59%	Underperform Votes 205 36.41%

Does the media prefer HL or RAT?

In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 2 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rathbones Group and 3 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Rathbones Group's score of 0.11 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rathbones Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HL or RAT?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rathbones Group. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones 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
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	6.84	£293.20M	£0.62	1,779.03
Rathbones Group	£871.80M	1.68	£63.30M	£0.61	2,786.89

Do analysts rate HL or RAT?

Hargreaves Lansdown currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,048.20, indicating a potential downside of 4.97%. Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 10.59%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Rathbones Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Rathbones Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, HL or RAT?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HL or RAT more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 38.33% compared to Rathbones Group's net margin of 7.26%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 38.46% beat Rathbones Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	38.33%	38.46%	17.10%
Rathbones Group	7.26%	6.38%	3.57%

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Rathbones Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.