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Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) Competitors

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GBX 2,148 +26.00 (+1.23%)
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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

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

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

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
NEXT13.77% 55.99% 14.42%
Intermediate Capital Group 48.22%21.46%5.15%

Intermediate Capital Group has a consensus target price of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 16.39%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.

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

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
NEXT£5.70B2.49£784.86M£664.7318.17
Intermediate Capital Group£933.26M6.49£450.04M£160.1813.41

72.3% of NEXT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of NEXT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, NEXT had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NEXT and 2 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat NEXT's score of 0.45 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NEXT
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Intermediate Capital Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. NEXT pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 49.3% 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.

Summary

NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£6.06B£1.09B£2.18B£3.07B
Dividend Yield3.38%2.89%2.58%5.02%
P/E Ratio13.417.0522.13163.64
Price / Sales6.49256.50103.15274,363.86
Price / CashN/A8.0228.9227.97
Price / Book2.772.1460.264.69
Net Income£450.04M£354.38M-£121.56M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.99%3.87%0.79%0.67%
1 Month Performance8.52%6.69%2.34%8.24%
1 Year Performance1.32%0.33%25.23%80.52%

Intermediate Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICG
Intermediate Capital Group
2.4401 of 5 stars
GBX 2,148
+1.2%
GBX 2,500
+16.4%
-1.4%£6.06B£933.26M13.41N/A
NXT
NEXT
N/A£121.55
-0.8%
N/A+37.7%£14.31B£5.70B18.2931,947Trending News
GFS
G4S
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.83B£7.48B222.5514,600
SPI
Spire Healthcare Group
N/AGBX 225
flat
GBX 300
+33.3%
-6.2%£903.53M£1.44B32.02420News Coverage
Gap Down
ESP
Empiric Student Property
N/AGBX 100
-0.2%
N/A+5.3%£662.41M£89.58M11.23150
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
IPF
International Personal Finance
N/AGBX 180.20
+0.2%
N/A+36.8%£391.62M£695.42M8.736,230
APH
Alliance Pharma
2.1405 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 1,210
+2.5%
N/A+6.6%£192.04M£107.14M16.87455
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 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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