IG Group (IGG) Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and IG Group (LON:IGG) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is DPLM or IGG more profitable?

IG Group has a net margin of 58.42% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. IG Group's return on equity of 30.53% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.18%	8.32%
IG Group	58.42%	30.53%	10.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DPLM or IGG?

IG Group received 161 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.32% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.71%	Underperform Votes 175 38.29%
IG Group	Outperform Votes 443 66.32%	Underperform Votes 225 33.68%

Which has more volatility and risk, DPLM or IGG?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IG Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DPLM or IGG a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Diploma pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IG Group pays out 30.7% 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. IG Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend DPLM or IGG?

Diploma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,567.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.08%. IG Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,082.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.20%. Given Diploma's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than IG Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
IG Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DPLM or IGG?

IG Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diploma. IG Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, 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
Diploma	£1.25B	4.13	£115.40M	£87.00	44.46
IG Group	£913.00M	4.00	£533.35M	£149.95	6.86

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DPLM or IGG?

81.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of IG Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of IG Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DPLM or IGG?

In the previous week, IG Group had 1 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IG Group and 1 mentions for Diploma. IG Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Diploma's score of 0.00 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IG Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IG Group beats Diploma on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.