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GBX 9,350 -26.00 (-0.28%)
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NXT vs. ICG, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, and BERI

Should you be buying NEXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NEXT include Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), G4S (GFS), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), and BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

NEXT vs.

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) and NEXT (LON:NXT) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

NEXT has higher revenue and earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NEXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intermediate Capital Group£904.70M6.59£467.40M£1.601,282.50
NEXT£5.83B1.92£803.40M£6.571,424.66

In the previous week, NEXT had 13 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NEXT and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of -2.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group Very Negative
NEXT Neutral

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 4,937.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NEXT pays out 3,287.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

NEXT received 554 more outperform votes than Intermediate Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 50.18% of users gave NEXT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intermediate Capital GroupOutperform Votes
5
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
NEXTOutperform Votes
559
50.18%
Underperform Votes
555
49.82%

Intermediate Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,734.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.27%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
NEXT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of NEXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of NEXT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 52.33% compared to NEXT's net margin of 13.77%. NEXT's return on equity of 62.53% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group52.33% 21.56% 5.15%
NEXT 13.77%62.53%14.42%

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NEXT has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NXT vs. The Competition

MetricNEXTApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£11.17B£3.03B£2.36B£1.38B
Dividend Yield2.17%3.22%4.38%11.73%
P/E Ratio1,424.66188.90384.071,551.40
Price / Sales1.9247.12360.04212,370.00
Price / Cash24.6720.0925.1632.93
Price / Book8.312.963.092.80
Net Income£803.40M£171.65M£257.93M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-1.74%-0.62%-0.92%-0.43%
1 Month Performance-7.96%-5.23%-2.72%7.18%
1 Year Performance21.37%5.15%11.85%91.53%

NEXT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXT
NEXT
N/AGBX 9,356
-0.2%
N/A+22.1%£11.17B£5.83B1,424.0531,947News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ICG
Intermediate Capital Group
1.8011 of 5 stars
GBX 2,050
+0.1%
GBX 2,734.75
+33.4%
N/A£5.96B£904.70M1,280.00N/ANegative News
GFS
G4S
N/AGBX 244.80
-0.2%
N/A+0.0%£3.83B£7.48B222.5514,600
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
2.7345 of 5 stars
GBX 216.21
+0.1%
GBX 322
+48.9%
-5.3%£873.10M£1.44B3,085.71420
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 85.10
-1.8%
N/A-6.9%£513.59M£81.60M963.33150Positive News
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/A-4.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 131.58
-0.7%
N/A+11.8%£287.03M£759.50M662.506,230
APH
Alliance Pharma
2.5763 of 5 stars
GBX 44.52
+0.5%
GBX 60
+34.8%
+16.6%£240.64M£183.15M-739.8291,000
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AGBX 202
flat
N/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 957
-3.3%
N/A+27.7%£153.02M£109.58M1,477.61455
BERI
BlackRock Energy and Resources
N/AGBX 121.73
-0.8%
N/A+11.3%£148.61M£27.41M686.11N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:NXT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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