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IP Group (IPO) Competitors

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GBX 51.20 -0.30 (-0.58%)
As of 01/20/2025 12:29 PM Eastern

IPO vs. HVPE, QLT, CLDN, TEM, WWH, MRC, AJB, FGT, PNL, and ATT

Should you be buying IP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IP Group include HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Quilter (QLT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), AJ Bell (AJB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Personal Assets (PNL), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

IP Group vs.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) and IP Group (LON:IPO) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarbourVest Global Private Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HarbourVest Global Private Equity£149.21M13.47£121.15M£1.162,284.48
IP Group-£212.50M-2.40-£226.30M-£0.22-232.73

In the previous week, IP Group had 1 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IP Group and 0 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. IP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of 0.00 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
HarbourVest Global Private Equity Neutral
IP Group Neutral

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a net margin of 81.19% compared to IP Group's net margin of 0.00%. HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity of 3.12% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HarbourVest Global Private Equity81.19% 3.12% 2.14%
IP Group N/A -19.26%-10.50%

IP Group received 298 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.47% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HarbourVest Global Private EquityOutperform Votes
63
63.64%
Underperform Votes
36
36.36%
IP GroupOutperform Votes
361
77.47%
Underperform Votes
105
22.53%

IP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 126, suggesting a potential upside of 146.09%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than HarbourVest Global Private Equity.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
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

21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of IP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of IP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IP Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IP Group beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IPO vs. The Competition

MetricIP GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£509.43M£1.11B£3.82B£2.03B
Dividend Yield2.46%4.66%4.44%5.16%
P/E Ratio-232.73806.95426.991,927.10
Price / Sales-2.401,482.402,915.90421,310.89
Price / Cash2.5565.3752.6429.19
Price / Book0.481.171.893.07
Net Income-£226.30M£62.69M£437.23M£183.47M
7 Day Performance0.59%1.59%2.70%3.07%
1 Month Performance-3.03%1.78%4.87%3.53%
1 Year Performance-6.23%10.65%14.46%165.99%

IP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPO
IP Group
2.7527 of 5 stars
GBX 51.20
-0.6%
GBX 126
+146.1%
-6.2%£509.43M£-212,500,000.00-232.7395Gap Up
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
N/AGBX 2,580
+2.6%
N/A+12.8%£1.96B£149.21M2,224.14N/AGap Up
QLT
Quilter
N/AGBX 140
-1.1%
GBX 135
-3.6%
+60.4%£1.95B£6.43B3,500.002,983
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
N/AGBX 3,550
+1.7%
N/A+5.4%£1.91B£236.20M962.0674
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 163.71
+0.1%
N/A+18.2%£1.75B£173.08M1,364.25N/APositive News
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 323
+0.1%
N/A+2.4%£1.74B£-56,290,000.00-2,153.33N/APositive News
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 222
+0.9%
N/A+13.9%£1.72B£97.69M2,220.002,800Positive News
AJB
AJ Bell
0.8295 of 5 stars
GBX 408
-0.1%
GBX 455
+11.5%
+50.3%£1.68B£244.98M2,040.001,373Dividend Increase
News Coverage
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 893
-0.3%
N/A+11.4%£1.64B£143.78M1,463.93N/APositive News
PNL
Personal Assets
N/AGBX 502
+0.2%
N/A+7.7%£1.63B£66.59M4,183.33N/A
ATT
Allianz Technology Trust
N/AGBX 413
-0.6%
N/A+37.5%£1.58B£520.73M312.88N/A

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