IAG vs. NG, WPM, AUY, BTG, SFR, TRX, NAK, EGI, IMG, and EDG
Should you be buying International Consolidated Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Consolidated Airlines Group include National Grid (NG), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Yamana Gold (AUY), BTG (BTG), Severfield (SFR), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Nakama Group plc (NAK.L) (NAK), (EGI.L) (EGI), 532753 (IMG.L) (IMG), and 651814 (EDG.L) (EDG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
International Consolidated Airlines Group vs.
International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) and National Grid (LON:NG) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Consolidated Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Grid pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Consolidated Airlines Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 286.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.07%. National Grid has a consensus price target of GBX 1,181.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given National Grid's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Grid is more favorable than International Consolidated Airlines Group.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. International Consolidated Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Consolidated Airlines Group received 1836 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.23% of users gave International Consolidated Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
National Grid has a net margin of 11.54% compared to International Consolidated Airlines Group's net margin of 9.09%. International Consolidated Airlines Group's return on equity of 75.41% beat National Grid's return on equity.
14.6% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of National Grid shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, International Consolidated Airlines Group had 3 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for International Consolidated Airlines Group and 2 mentions for National Grid. International Consolidated Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat National Grid's score of -0.42 indicating that International Consolidated Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
International Consolidated Airlines Group beats National Grid on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IAG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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