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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	7.01	£81.11M	£19.55	21.28
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 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.07 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	Neutral
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AJB or ICP?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Do analysts prefer AJB or ICP?

AJ Bell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.9%. 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.