BUR vs. PSH, ICP, SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and UKW
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital 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 Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Burford Capital received 381 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.
Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 27.26%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 22.66% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.
Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,710, suggesting a potential upside of 52.95%. Given Pershing Square's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Pershing Square.
Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Burford Capital pays out 485.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
6.6% of Pershing Square shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pershing Square had 2 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pershing Square and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pershing Square's score of 0.00 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Burford Capital. Pershing Square is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pershing Square beats Burford Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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