Janus Henderson Group (JHG) Competitors

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) and Janus Henderson Group (NYSE:JHG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BAM or JHG?

68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Janus Henderson Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BAM or JHG a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Janus Henderson Group pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 115.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Janus Henderson Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Janus Henderson Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BAM or JHG?

Brookfield Asset Management presently has a consensus target price of $56.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. Janus Henderson Group has a consensus target price of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.72%. Given Janus Henderson Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Janus Henderson Group is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Janus Henderson Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to BAM or JHG?

In the previous week, Brookfield Asset Management had 8 more articles in the media than Janus Henderson Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Brookfield Asset Management and 7 mentions for Janus Henderson Group. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Janus Henderson Group's score of 1.07 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Asset Management	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Janus Henderson Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BAM or JHG more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to Janus Henderson Group's net margin of 16.38%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat Janus Henderson Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%
Janus Henderson Group	16.38%	12.18%	8.26%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BAM or JHG?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Janus Henderson Group. Janus Henderson Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
Brookfield Asset Management	$3.98B	6.51	$2.17B	$1.32	44.28
Janus Henderson Group	$2.47B	2.69	$408.90M	$2.56	16.35

Which has more risk & volatility, BAM or JHG?

Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janus Henderson Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BAM or JHG?

Brookfield Asset Management received 317 more outperform votes than Janus Henderson Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 49.08% of users gave Janus Henderson Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.49%	Underperform Votes 293 34.51%
Janus Henderson Group	Outperform Votes 239 49.08%	Underperform Votes 248 50.92%

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats Janus Henderson Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.