ABDN vs. PSH, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and UKW
Should you be buying abrdn stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Greencoat UK Wind (UKW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 0.07%. abrdn's return on equity of 22.66% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn.
abrdn received 7 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn and 2 mentions for Pershing Square. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.12 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pershing Square beats abrdn on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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