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NEXT (NXT) Competitors

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GBX 9,776 -6.00 (-0.06%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:31 PM ET)

NXT vs. ICG, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, and MCP

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 Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

NEXT vs.

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

NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. 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 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
NEXT£5.83B2.00£803.40M£6.571,487.98
Intermediate Capital Group£904.70M6.59£467.40M£1.601,281.25

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

Intermediate Capital Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,734.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.40%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.

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

In the previous week, NEXT had 8 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for NEXT and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NEXT Neutral
Intermediate Capital Group Neutral

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
NEXT13.77% 62.53% 14.42%
Intermediate Capital Group 52.33%21.56%5.15%

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

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

Summary

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

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NXT vs. The Competition

MetricNEXTApparel Retail IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£11.67B£3.61B£2.98B£1.84B
Dividend Yield2.17%3.22%3.89%10.58%
P/E Ratio1,487.98172.50344.921,771.92
Price / Sales2.0046.57351.88375,802.49
Price / Cash24.6723.0928.8427.86
Price / Book8.673.373.322.89
Net Income£803.40M£205.30M£284.33M£155.43M
7 Day Performance-1.29%-0.67%-1.52%-1.91%
1 Month Performance2.75%0.18%0.04%17.44%
1 Year Performance19.25%3.08%9.12%28.79%

NEXT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXT
NEXT
N/AGBX 9,776
-0.1%
N/A+18.9%£11.67B£5.83B1,487.9831,947
ICG
Intermediate Capital Group
1.8637 of 5 stars
GBX 2,164
+0.7%
GBX 2,734.75
+26.4%
N/A£6.29B£904.70M1,348.88N/A
GFS
G4S
N/AGBX 244.80
-0.2%
N/AN/A£3.83B£7.48B222.5514,600
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
2.4712 of 5 stars
GBX 228
-0.2%
GBX 322
+41.2%
-0.9%£920.71M£1.44B3,278.57420
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 83.40
-1.5%
N/A-13.1%£503.33M£81.60M936.67150
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/A+0.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 129.50
+0.4%
N/A+4.6%£282.49M£759.50M645.006,230News Coverage
APH
Alliance Pharma
3.3023 of 5 stars
GBX 48.40
+0.4%
GBX 60
+24.0%
+15.2%£261.64M£183.15M-803.3391,000News Coverage
Positive News
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AGBX 202
flat
N/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 971
-1.7%
N/A+7.8%£155.26M£109.58M1,470.15455
MCP
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust
N/AGBX 414
+0.6%
N/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000

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This page (LON:NXT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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