AJ Bell (AJB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ICP or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Intermediate Capital Group.

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

Does the media favor ICP or AJB?

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 0.70 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
AJ Bell	Positive

Is ICP or AJB more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.20%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 49.62% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
AJ Bell	33.20%	49.62%	36.07%

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or AJB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICP or AJB?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ICP or AJB?

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
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
AJ Bell	£244.98M	7.52	£81.33M	£0.20	2,232.50

Is ICP or AJB a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 pays out 6,000.0% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ICP or AJB?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AJ Bell beats Intermediate Capital Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.