Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Is CLDN or ICP a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Caledonia Investments pays out 18.7% 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. Caledonia Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CLDN or ICP more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	6.98%	4.23%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CLDN or ICP?

11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.2% of Caledonia Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer CLDN or ICP?

In the previous week, Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Caledonia Investments' score of -1.04 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments	Negative
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CLDN or ICP?

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLDN or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 256 more outperform votes than Caledonia Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caledonia Investments	Outperform Votes 142 60.94%	Underperform Votes 91 39.06%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CLDN or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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
Caledonia Investments	£231.70M	8.40	£199.92M	£374.36	9.75
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Caledonia Investments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.