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Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) Competitors

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GBX 1,959.44 +35.44 (+1.84%)
As of 07/3/2025 12:38 PM Eastern

ICG vs. NXT, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, MSI, SGM, and MCP

Should you be buying Intermediate Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intermediate Capital Group include NEXT (NXT), G4S (GFS), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Intermediate Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) and NEXT (LON:NXT) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 48.22% compared to NEXT's net margin of 13.77%. NEXT's return on equity of 55.99% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group48.22% 21.46% 5.15%
NEXT 13.77%55.99%14.42%

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NEXT has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Intermediate Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,665, indicating a potential upside of 36.01%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NEXT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NEXT pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of NEXT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of NEXT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NEXT has higher revenue and earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NEXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intermediate Capital Group£933.26M5.92£450.04M£160.1812.23
NEXT£5.70B2.54£784.86M£664.7318.53

In the previous week, NEXT had 9 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for NEXT and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group Neutral
NEXT Neutral

Summary

NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ICG vs. The Competition

MetricIntermediate Capital GroupElectronic Components & Accessories IndustryManufacturing SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.52B£1.14B£2.24B£2.97B
Dividend Yield3.38%3.02%2.65%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.236.7522.87146.56
Price / Sales5.92198.3952.20240,165.09
Price / CashN/A8.02N/A27.97
Price / Book2.532.11165.675.31
Net Income£450.04M£531.78M-£241.20M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.61%-1.15%1.55%0.90%
1 Month Performance-2.71%-0.85%3.27%5.13%
1 Year Performance-11.90%-2.97%24.31%80.68%

Intermediate Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICG
Intermediate Capital Group
2.8136 of 5 stars
GBX 1,959.44
+1.8%
GBX 2,665
+36.0%
-11.3%£5.52B£933.26M12.23N/A
NXT
NEXT
N/A£123.15
-0.2%
N/A+35.2%£14.50B£5.70B18.5331,947Trending News
GFS
G4S
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.83B£7.48B222.5514,600
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 213
+1.4%
GBX 300
+40.8%
-4.4%£855.34M£1.44B30.32420
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 102.60
+1.0%
N/A+6.7%£679.63M£89.58M11.52150News Coverage
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 164.70
+2.6%
N/A+35.0%£357.93M£695.42M7.986,230High Trading Volume
APH
Alliance Pharma
2.1732 of 5 stars
GBX 64.70
flat
GBX 6,250
+9,560.0%
N/A£350.32M£183.50M-10.4391,000
MSI
MS INTERNATIONAL
N/AGBX 1,326
-2.9%
N/A+12.5%£210.45M£107.14M18.48455Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
SGM
Sigma Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£181.35M£10.60M54.5948,300
MCP
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£145.58M£6.14M43.1321,000

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This page (LON:ICG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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