Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTRS or AMG?

Affiliated Managers Group received 247 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Affiliated Managers Group an outperform vote while only 41.42% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Trust	Outperform Votes 396 41.42%	Underperform Votes 560 58.58%
Affiliated Managers Group	Outperform Votes 643 71.21%	Underperform Votes 260 28.79%

Which has more volatility & risk, NTRS or AMG?

Northern Trust has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Affiliated Managers Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NTRS or AMG?

In the previous week, Northern Trust had 10 more articles in the media than Affiliated Managers Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Northern Trust and 9 mentions for Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Northern Trust's score of 1.54 indicating that Affiliated Managers Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Affiliated Managers Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is NTRS or AMG a better dividend stock?

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Affiliated Managers Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Northern Trust pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Affiliated Managers Group pays out 0.3% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NTRS or AMG?

Northern Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Affiliated Managers Group. Affiliated Managers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Trust, 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
Northern Trust	$12.12B	1.79	$1.11B	$8.04	13.61
Affiliated Managers Group	$2.06B	2.76	$672.90M	$15.33	12.24

Do analysts recommend NTRS or AMG?

Northern Trust currently has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.03%. Affiliated Managers Group has a consensus target price of $196.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Affiliated Managers Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Affiliated Managers Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Trust	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Affiliated Managers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is NTRS or AMG more profitable?

Affiliated Managers Group has a net margin of 27.02% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 10.92%. Affiliated Managers Group's return on equity of 16.76% beat Northern Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Trust	10.92%	12.75%	0.94%
Affiliated Managers Group	27.02%	16.76%	8.25%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NTRS or AMG?

83.2% of Northern Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Affiliated Managers Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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