IG Group (IGG) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	£1.26B	4.66	£116.10M	£0.86	5,090.70
IG Group	£954.50M	3.64	£307.70M	£0.78	1,240.38

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or IGG?

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

Do insiders & institutionals 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DPLM or IGG 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
Diploma	9.25%	13.39%	8.32%
IG Group	32.24%	15.76%	10.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DPLM or IGG?

IG Group received 159 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.84%	Underperform Votes 174 38.16%
IG Group	Outperform Votes 441 66.22%	Underperform Votes 225 33.78%

Does the media refer more to DPLM or IGG?

In the previous week, Diploma had 1 more articles in the media than IG Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for IG Group. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat IG Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate DPLM or IGG?

Diploma presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,555, suggesting a potential upside of 4.04%. IG Group has a consensus target price of GBX 982.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.53%. Given Diploma's higher possible upside, research 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DPLM or IGG a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 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. IG Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

IG Group beats Diploma on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.