Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Competitors

Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) and Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Is AMG or NTRS a better dividend stock?

Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Trust pays out 30.7% 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.

Do analysts recommend AMG or NTRS?

Affiliated Managers Group presently has a consensus price target of $198.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.69%. Northern Trust has a consensus price target of $113.46, suggesting a potential upside of 16.18%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Affiliated Managers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Northern Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15

Does the media prefer AMG or NTRS?

In the previous week, Northern Trust had 20 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Northern Trust and 6 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Affiliated Managers Group's score of 1.33 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Affiliated Managers Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Northern Trust	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMG or NTRS?

Affiliated Managers Group received 246 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 40.97% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Affiliated Managers Group	Outperform Votes 645 71.19%	Underperform Votes 261 28.81%
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 399 40.97%	Underperform Votes 575 59.03%

Is AMG or NTRS more profitable?

Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 25.06% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 12.77%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.17% beat Northern Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Affiliated Managers Group	25.06%	16.17%	7.88%
Northern Trust	12.77%	13.74%	1.03%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMG or NTRS?

Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMG or NTRS?

Northern Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Affiliated Managers Group. Northern Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Affiliated Managers 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
Affiliated Managers Group	$2.04B	2.40	$511.60M	$15.10	11.07
Northern Trust	$8.29B	2.31	$2.03B	$9.78	9.99

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMG or NTRS?

95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Affiliated Managers Group beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.