CLDN vs. ICP, SDR, SDRC, HL, FCIT, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, and 3IN
Should you be buying Caledonia Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caledonia Investments include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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 pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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.
Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 75.54% compared to Caledonia Investments' net margin of 56.78%. Caledonia Investments' return on equity of 20.09% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Caledonia Investments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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