IGG vs. DPLM, DPH, HWDN, CTY, SMWH, GNS, CAR, PRP, AUK, and BAY
Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Diploma (DPLM), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), City of London (CTY), WH Smith (SMWH), Genus (GNS), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Bay Capital (BAY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
IG Group vs.
IG Group (LON:IGG) and Diploma (LON:DPLM) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IG Group pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diploma pays out 65.5% 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.
IG Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,082.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Diploma has a consensus price target of GBX 4,567.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. Given Diploma's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diploma is more favorable than IG Group.
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.
69.6% of IG Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of IG Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diploma 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.
IG Group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diploma has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Diploma had 4 more articles in the media than IG Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for IG Group. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat IG Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
IG Group beats Diploma on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IGG) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
