IG Design Group (IGR) Competitors

IG Design Group (LON:IGR) and Numis (LON:NUM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IGR or NUM?

IG Design Group has higher revenue and earnings than Numis. IG Design Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Numis, 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 Design Group	£800.05M	0.00	£35.62M	£0.28	N/A
Numis	£130.31M	2.90	£1.82M	£0.02	17,150.00

Is IGR or NUM a better dividend stock?

IG Design Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. Numis pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. IG Design Group pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Numis pays out 55,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer IGR or NUM?

IG Design Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given IG Design Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IG Design Group is more favorable than Numis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IG Design Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Numis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor IGR or NUM?

In the previous week, Numis had 1 more articles in the media than IG Design Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Numis and 0 mentions for IG Design Group. Numis' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat IG Design Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Numis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IG Design Group	Neutral
Numis	Positive

Is IGR or NUM more profitable?

IG Design Group has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Numis' net margin of 1.40%. IG Design Group's return on equity of 10.54% beat Numis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IG Design Group	4.45%	10.54%	2.85%
Numis	1.40%	0.98%	0.32%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IGR or NUM?

51.2% of IG Design Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Numis shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of IG Design Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Numis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, IGR or NUM?

IG Design Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Numis has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IGR or NUM?

IG Design Group received 110 more outperform votes than Numis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave IG Design Group an outperform vote while only 63.45% of users gave Numis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IG Design Group	Outperform Votes 202 66.45%	Underperform Votes 102 33.55%
Numis	Outperform Votes 92 63.45%	Underperform Votes 53 36.55%

Summary

IG Design Group beats Numis on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.