TP ICAP Group (TCAP) Competitors

TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) and Investec Group (LON:INVP) 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, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is TCAP or INVP a better dividend stock?

TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. TP ICAP Group pays out 11,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group pays out 5,147.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer TCAP or INVP?

TP ICAP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 326, suggesting a potential upside of 25.38%. Investec Group has a consensus target price of GBX 660, suggesting a potential upside of 8.82%. Given TP ICAP Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TP ICAP Group is more favorable than Investec Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Investec Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TCAP or INVP?

TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investec Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TCAP or INVP more profitable?

Investec Group has a net margin of 49.24% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 4.63%. Investec Group's return on equity of 12.08% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TP ICAP Group	4.63%	4.87%	1.61%
Investec Group	49.24%	12.08%	1.14%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TCAP or INVP?

Investec Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TP ICAP Group. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TP ICAP Group, 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
TP ICAP Group	£2.14B	0.92	£99M	£0.13	2,000.00
Investec Group	£1.91B	2.05	£602.26M	£0.68	891.91

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TCAP or INVP?

80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Investec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Investec Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TCAP or INVP?

Investec Group received 9 more outperform votes than TP ICAP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.77% of users gave TP ICAP Group an outperform vote while only 68.70% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TP ICAP Group	Outperform Votes 307 69.77%	Underperform Votes 133 30.23%
Investec Group	Outperform Votes 316 68.70%	Underperform Votes 144 31.30%

Does the media prefer TCAP or INVP?

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group and TP ICAP Group both had 2 articles in the media. Investec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat TP ICAP Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Investec Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TP ICAP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Investec Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Investec Group beats TP ICAP Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.