ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer ABDN or ICGT?

abrdn presently has a consensus target price of GBX 163.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.25%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than ICG Enterprise Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ICG Enterprise Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABDN or ICGT?

ICG Enterprise Trust received 35 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.73%	Underperform Votes 48 87.27%
ICG Enterprise Trust	Outperform Votes 42 63.64%	Underperform Votes 24 36.36%

Is ABDN or ICGT more profitable?

ICG Enterprise Trust has a net margin of 58.54% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.46% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ABDN or ICGT?

38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ABDN or ICGT?

In the previous week, abrdn had 2 more articles in the media than ICG Enterprise Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for abrdn and 2 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat abrdn's score of 0.45 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ABDN or ICGT a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, ABDN or ICGT?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ABDN or ICGT?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. abrdn 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn	£1.49B	1.92	£316.36M	£17.59	9.09
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	14.66	£32.56M	£50.08	25.20

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats abrdn on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.