International Public Partnerships (INPP) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and International Public Partnerships (LON:INPP) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ICP or INPP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than International Public Partnerships. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
International Public Partnerships	£82.63M	24.87	£43.53M	£2.32	47.28

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or INPP?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ICP or INPP?

In the previous week, International Public Partnerships had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for International Public Partnerships and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat International Public Partnerships' score of -0.07 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
International Public Partnerships	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ICP or INPP?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ICP or INPP more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 52.68%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
International Public Partnerships	52.68%	1.54%	0.63%

Is ICP or INPP a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Public Partnerships pays out 345.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Public Partnerships is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ICP or INPP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 335 more outperform votes than International Public Partnerships when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats International Public Partnerships on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.