IGG vs. INVP, TCAP, PLUS, ALPH, EMG, RCP, VMUK, ABDN, 3IN, and STJ Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Investec Group (INVP), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Plus500 (PLUS), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Man Group (EMG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and St. James's Place (STJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
IG Group (LON:IGG ) and Investec Group (LON:INVP ) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
71.1% of IG Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Investec Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of IG Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Investec Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IG Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 920.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.87%. Given IG Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Investec Group.
Investec Group has a net margin of 41.64% compared to IG Group's net margin of 31.74%. IG Group's return on equity of 15.67% beat Investec Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, IG Group had 1 more articles in the media than Investec Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IG Group and 1 mentions for Investec Group. IG Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Investec Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Investec Group has higher revenue and earnings than IG Group. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IG Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. IG Group pays out 6,216.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group pays out 4,520.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IG Group received 122 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.63% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote.
IG Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investec Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary IG Group beats Investec Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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