AJ Bell (AJB) Competitors

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AJB or ICP?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AJB or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 360 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.22%	Underperform Votes 52 57.78%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AJB or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	7.28	£81.11M	£19.55	22.10
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Is AJB or ICP more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Does the media refer more to AJB or ICP?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 2 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Positive
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AJB or ICP?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Intermediate Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AJB or ICP?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AJB or ICP a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

AJ Bell beats Intermediate Capital Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.