IP Group (IPO) Competitors

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and IP Group (LON:IPO) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Is TEM or IPO a better dividend stock?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% 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.

Is TEM or IPO more profitable?

IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's net margin of 81.07%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity of 7.07% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	81.07%	7.07%	4.50%
IP Group	106.78%	-19.85%	-10.50%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TEM or IPO?

71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TEM or IPO?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, 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
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	£160.96M	12.92	£130.50M	£12.47	15.96
IP Group	-£196.61M	-2.86	-£209.94M	-£22.25	-2.64

Does the media prefer TEM or IPO?

In the previous week, IP Group had 3 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IP Group and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat IP Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
IP Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TEM or IPO?

IP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 114.18%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
IP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, TEM or IPO?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% 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.

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats IP Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.