VCTR vs. MC, PJT, AMK, VRTS, MORN, BEN, HLI, EVR, IVZ, and HLNE
Should you be buying Victory Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victory Capital include Moelis & Company (MC), PJT Partners (PJT), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Morningstar (MORN), Franklin Resources (BEN), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Evercore (EVR), Invesco (IVZ), and Hamilton Lane (HLNE). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Moelis & Company had 3 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Moelis & Company and 4 mentions for Victory Capital. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Moelis & Company's score of 1.39 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victory Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moelis & Company. Moelis & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victory Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moelis & Company received 111 more outperform votes than Victory Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.85% of users gave Moelis & Company an outperform vote while only 56.81% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 26.28% compared to Moelis & Company's net margin of -1.33%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 29.23% beat Moelis & Company's return on equity.
Victory Capital presently has a consensus target price of $49.57, suggesting a potential downside of 4.73%. Moelis & Company has a consensus target price of $50.80, suggesting a potential downside of 10.26%. Given Victory Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than Moelis & Company.
Victory Capital has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moelis & Company has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Moelis & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Victory Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Moelis & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Moelis & Company pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Victory Capital pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moelis & Company pays out -1,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Moelis & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Victory Capital beats Moelis & Company on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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