Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH) vs Pershing Square Inc. (PS)

Equitable Holdings, Inc. and Pershing Square Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Pershing Square Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $20.1B against $14.2B — 1.4× the size. Equitable Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.1% vs −67.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −2.43%). Across the 11 metrics below, Equitable Holdings, Inc. leads on 9 and Pershing Square Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
P/E 9.52 — 13.38
P/S 1.10 91.98 2.99
P/B n/m 14.18 0.91
Price to free cash flow 5.56 n/m 7.79
EV/EBITDA — n/m —
EV/Sales — 81.89 —
Earnings yield 10.50% — 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 17.98% (0.40%) 4.85%

Profitability

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
Gross margin 58.26% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 17.98% (25.11%) 27.27%
Net margin 11.11% (67.64%) 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 20.08% (36.88%) 5.96%
Return on equity (406.73%) 0.00% 4.57%
Return on assets 0.45% (16.21%) 1.40%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (2.43%) 2.12%

Growth

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.69% — 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (227.78%) — (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.24%) — 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
Debt to equity (40.48) 0.00 0.40
Current ratio 0.12 0.04 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA 60.82 — 1.06

Dividend

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
Dividend yield 2.15% — 6.43%
Payout ratio 0.21 — 0.91

Size

Metric EQH PS Asset Management median
Market cap 14.21b 20.14b 692.54m

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