IBT vs. CGT, FSV, IEM, JPE, RICA, TRY, BRWM, SAIN, N91, and JEO
Should you be buying International Biotechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Biotechnology include Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), Ruffer Investment (RICA), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Ninety One Group (N91), and European Opportunities Trust (JEO). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
International Biotechnology vs.
Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and International Biotechnology (LON:IBT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of International Biotechnology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. International Biotechnology pays an annual dividend of GBX 29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Capital Gearing pays out -9,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Biotechnology pays out 6,041.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Capital Gearing and Capital Gearing both had 1 articles in the media. Capital Gearing's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat International Biotechnology's score of 0.71 indicating that Capital Gearing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Biotechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Capital Gearing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Biotechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Biotechnology has a net margin of 75.33% compared to Capital Gearing's net margin of 0.00%. International Biotechnology's return on equity of 6.25% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.
Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Biotechnology has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Biotechnology received 15 more outperform votes than Capital Gearing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.71% of users gave International Biotechnology an outperform vote while only 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote.
Summary
International Biotechnology beats Capital Gearing on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IBT) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
