India Capital Growth (IGC) Competitors

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and India Capital Growth (LON:IGC) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer BMY or IGC?

In the previous week, India Capital Growth had 2 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for India Capital Growth and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. India Capital Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Bloomsbury Publishing's score of 0.00 indicating that India Capital Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bloomsbury Publishing	Neutral
India Capital Growth	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BMY or IGC?

India Capital Growth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloomsbury Publishing. India Capital Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, 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
Bloomsbury Publishing	£342.65M	1.54	£32.30M	£0.39	1,656.41
India Capital Growth	£40.31M	3.80	£38.61M	£0.40	442.50

Is BMY or IGC more profitable?

India Capital Growth has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Bloomsbury Publishing's net margin of 9.43%. India Capital Growth's return on equity of 25.01% beat Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.43%	16.55%	7.82%
India Capital Growth	95.77%	25.01%	15.98%

Which has more risk and volatility, BMY or IGC?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, India Capital Growth has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BMY or IGC?

Bloomsbury Publishing currently has a consensus price target of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 27.71%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than India Capital Growth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
India Capital Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BMY or IGC?

70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of India Capital Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of India Capital Growth shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMY or IGC?

Bloomsbury Publishing received 234 more outperform votes than India Capital Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave India Capital Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bloomsbury Publishing	Outperform Votes 252 68.48%	Underperform Votes 116 31.52%
India Capital Growth	Outperform Votes 18 56.25%	Underperform Votes 14 43.75%

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing and India Capital Growth tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.