HgCapital Trust (HGT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, HGT or ICP?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HGT or ICP?

41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of HgCapital Trust 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HGT or ICP more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 91.03% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HGT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 288 more outperform votes than HgCapital Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave HgCapital Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HGT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than HgCapital Trust. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HgCapital Trust, 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
HgCapital Trust	£312.64M	7.81	£284.58M	£60.49	8.70
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Does the media favor HGT or ICP?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	Very Positive
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Is HGT or ICP a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. HgCapital Trust pays out 11.6% 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. HgCapital Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

HgCapital Trust and Intermediate Capital Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.