Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Competitors

Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is CLDN or ICP a better dividend stock?

Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 70 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Caledonia Investments pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Caledonia Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLDN or ICP?

Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CLDN or ICP?

In the previous week, Caledonia Investments had 2 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Caledonia Investments and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of -0.95 indicating that Caledonia Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caledonia Investments	Positive
Intermediate Capital Group	Negative

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CLDN or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, 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
Caledonia Investments	£231.70M	8.52	£199.92M	£374.36	9.88
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Is CLDN or ICP more profitable?

Caledonia Investments has a net margin of 86.28% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Caledonia Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caledonia Investments	86.28%	6.98%	4.23%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

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

11.9% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.2% of Caledonia Investments 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLDN or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 256 more outperform votes than Caledonia Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caledonia Investments	Outperform Votes 142 60.94%	Underperform Votes 91 39.06%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Caledonia Investments on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.