PLUS vs. INVP, IGG, TCAP, ALPH, AFX, CMCX, NUM, FRP, K3C, and PEEL
Should you be buying Plus500 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plus500 include Investec Group (INVP), IG Group (IGG), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Alpha FX Group (AFX), CMC Markets (CMCX), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), and Peel Hunt (PEEL). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
Investec Group (LON:INVP) and Plus500 (LON:PLUS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Plus500 received 38 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave Plus500 an outperform vote while only 68.63% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote.
Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Investec Group pays out 4,520.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plus500 pays out 2,719.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Investec Group has a net margin of 41.64% compared to Investec Group's net margin of 37.74%. Investec Group's return on equity of 36.67% beat Plus500's return on equity.
Investec Group has higher revenue and earnings than Plus500. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plus500, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Investec Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plus500 has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Plus500 has a consensus price target of GBX 2,091.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.97%. Given Investec Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than Investec Group.
In the previous week, Investec Group had 8 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Investec Group and 0 mentions for Plus500. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Investec Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Investec Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.9% of Investec Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Plus500 shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Investec Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Plus500 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Plus500 beats Investec Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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