IG Group (IGG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate IGG or DPLM?

IG Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 982.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.91%. Diploma has a consensus target price of GBX 4,416.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.00%. Given IG Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IG Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IGG or DPLM?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IGG or DPLM?

IG Group received 160 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IG Group	Outperform Votes 441 66.22%	Underperform Votes 225 33.78%
Diploma	Outperform Votes 281 62.03%	Underperform Votes 172 37.97%

Does the media prefer IGG or DPLM?

In the previous week, IG Group had 1 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IG Group and 0 mentions for Diploma. IG Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Diploma's score of 0.00 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IG Group	Neutral
Diploma	Neutral

Is IGG or DPLM more profitable?

IG Group has a net margin of 32.24% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. IG Group's return on equity of 15.76% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IG Group	32.24%	15.76%	10.37%
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%

Is IGG or DPLM a better dividend stock?

IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. IG Group pays out 5,897.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diploma pays out 6,627.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IG Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IGG or DPLM?

IG Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
IG Group	£954.50M	3.49	£307.70M	£0.78	1,189.10
Diploma	£1.26B	4.89	£116.10M	£0.86	5,349.73

Summary

IG Group beats Diploma on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.