IPO vs. WWH, ATT, PNL, MYI, FEV, JTC, WTAN, BRW, PIN, and SNN
Should you be buying IP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IP Group include Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), JTC (JTC), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Pantheon International (PIN), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
IP Group vs.
Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and IP Group (LON:IPO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IP Group pays out -4.5% 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. IP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Worldwide Healthcare's net margin of 92.78%. Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity of 11.22% beat IP Group's return on equity.
73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of IP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of IP Group shares are owned 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.
Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IP Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Worldwide Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worldwide Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for IP Group. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat IP Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IP Group received 289 more outperform votes than Worldwide Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.47% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 67.29% of users gave Worldwide Healthcare an outperform vote.
IP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 176.32%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.
Summary
Worldwide Healthcare and IP Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IPO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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