Head to Head Contrast: Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) & AMTD Digital (NYSE:HKD)

AMTD Digital (NYSE:HKD) and Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for AMTD Digital and Perella Weinberg Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMTD Digital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Perella Weinberg Partners	1	0	2	0	2.33

Perella Weinberg Partners has a consensus price target of $18.83, suggesting a potential downside of 26.03%. Given Perella Weinberg Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Perella Weinberg Partners is more favorable than AMTD Digital.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

5.8% of AMTD Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of Perella Weinberg Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares AMTD Digital and Perella Weinberg Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMTD Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A
Perella Weinberg Partners	-11.09%	-295.65%	10.18%

Risk and Volatility

AMTD Digital has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perella Weinberg Partners has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AMTD Digital and Perella Weinberg Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMTD Digital	$33.07 million	17.66	$41.74 million	N/A	N/A
Perella Weinberg Partners	$648.65 million	3.46	-$17.22 million	($2.37)	-10.74

AMTD Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Perella Weinberg Partners.

Summary

Perella Weinberg Partners beats AMTD Digital on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AMTD Digital

AMTD Digital Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs and develops a digital platform to provide financial, media, content and marketing, and investment solutions in Asia. The company operates through Digital Solutions ServicesFinancial Services, Digital Solutions ServicesNon Financial Services, Digital Media, Content, and Marketing Services, and Digital Investments segments. It offers deposit, personal loan, credit card, fund transfer, cross border remittance, insurance, and other payment services. In addition, the company operates SpiderNet ecosystem, a platform to enhance their investor communication, investor relations, and corporate communication to enhance their valuation. Further, it offers movies, podcasts, webinars, and videos through online media platforms. Additionally, the company invests in hotel related activities. AMTD Digital Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Paris, France. AMTD Digital Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AMTD IDEA Group.

About Perella Weinberg Partners

Perella Weinberg Partners, an independent investment banking company, provides strategic and financial advice services in the United States and internationally. The company offers advisory services related to strategic and financial decisions, mergers and acquisition execution, shareholder and defense advisory, and financing and capital solutions advice with resources focused on restructuring, liability management, and capital markets advisory, as well as underwriting and research services primarily for the energy and related industries. It serves public multinational corporations, mid-sized public and private companies, financial sponsors, individual entrepreneurs, private and institutional investors, creditor committees, and government institutions in consumer and retail; energy and energy transition; financial services and FinTech; healthcare; industrials and infrastructure; and technology, telecommunication, and media industries. Perella Weinberg Partners is headquartered in New York, New York.