AJ Bell (AJB) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Is ICP or AJB more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Is ICP or AJB a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor ICP or AJB?

In the previous week, Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AJ Bell'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
AJ Bell	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ICP or AJB?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
AJ Bell	£244.77M	8.19	£81.11M	£19.55	24.87

Which has more risk & volatility, ICP or AJB?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ICP or AJB?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ICP or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential downside of 6.44%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than AJ Bell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ICP or AJB?

Intermediate Capital Group received 359 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 39 42.86%	Underperform Votes 52 57.14%

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats AJ Bell on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.