ICG vs. NXT, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, and MCP
Should you be buying Intermediate Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intermediate Capital Group include NEXT (NXT), G4S (GFS), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
NEXT (LON:NXT) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
NEXT has higher revenue and earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NEXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NEXT has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NEXT currently has a consensus price target of GBX 7,350, suggesting a potential downside of 29.02%. Intermediate Capital Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,779.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.
NEXT received 555 more outperform votes than Intermediate Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 50.22% of users gave NEXT an outperform vote.
Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 52.33% compared to NEXT's net margin of 14.61%. NEXT's return on equity of 57.10% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.
71.1% of NEXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of NEXT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NEXT had 18 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for NEXT and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 207 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NEXT pays out 3,155.5% 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 pays out 4,937.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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