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.
National Grid (LON:NG) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
59.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of International Consolidated Airlines Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National Grid has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Consolidated Airlines Group has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National Grid and National Grid both had 6 articles in the media. International Consolidated Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat National Grid's score of 0.05 indicating that International Consolidated Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Consolidated Airlines Group received 1840 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.23% of users gave International Consolidated Airlines Group an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
National Grid currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,131.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.88%. International Consolidated Airlines Group has a consensus target price of GBX 334, indicating a potential upside of 34.19%. Given International Consolidated Airlines Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe International Consolidated Airlines Group is more favorable than National Grid.
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.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. International Consolidated Airlines Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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.
Summary
International Consolidated Airlines Group beats National Grid on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IAG) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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