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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, ICP or INPP?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	25.64	£43.53M	£2.32	48.75

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%

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%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned 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.

Does the media refer more to ICP or INPP?

In the previous week, International Public Partnerships had 4 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for International Public Partnerships and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. International Public Partnerships' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that International Public Partnerships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
International Public Partnerships	Neutral

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 7.1%. 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.

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats International Public Partnerships on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.