IAG vs. NG, WPM, AUY, BTG, SFR, TRX, NAK, EGI, IMG, and EDG
Should you be buying International Consolidated Airlines Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Consolidated Airlines Group include National Grid (NG), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Yamana Gold (AUY), BTG (BTG), Severfield (SFR), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Nakama Group plc (NAK.L) (NAK), (EGI.L) (EGI), 532753 (IMG.L) (IMG), and 651814 (EDG.L) (EDG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.
International Consolidated Airlines Group vs. Its Competitors
National Grid (LON:NG) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) are both large-cap precious metals companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
National Grid has a net margin of 11.54% compared to International Consolidated Airlines Group's net margin of 9.09%. International Consolidated Airlines Group's return on equity of 75.41% beat National Grid's return on equity.
59.4% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. National Grid pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
National Grid has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National Grid had 7 more articles in the media than International Consolidated Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Grid and 2 mentions for International Consolidated Airlines Group. International Consolidated Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat National Grid's score of 0.08 indicating that International Consolidated Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Consolidated Airlines Group has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. International Consolidated Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Grid presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,135, indicating a potential upside of 8.72%. International Consolidated Airlines Group has a consensus target price of GBX 403.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given National Grid's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Grid is more favorable than International Consolidated Airlines Group.
Summary
National Grid beats International Consolidated Airlines Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IAG) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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