ICGT vs. BUR, BPT, JGGI, EMG, 3IN, ABDN, RCP, MNKS, HVPE, and HGT
Should you be buying ICG Enterprise Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICG Enterprise Trust include Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Man Group (EMG), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
ICG Enterprise Trust vs.
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Burford Capital received 341 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.66% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 30.93%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than ICG Enterprise Trust.
In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ICGT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
