ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) Competitors

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, BUR or ICGT?

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BUR or ICGT?

Burford Capital presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 55.64%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than ICG Enterprise Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ICG Enterprise Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BUR or ICGT a better dividend stock?

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% 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.

Does the media refer more to BUR or ICGT?

In the previous week, Burford Capital and Burford Capital both had 2 articles in the media. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.35 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BUR or ICGT?

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, 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
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.45	£193.30M	£55.90	18.39
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	13.57	£32.56M	£50.08	23.32

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BUR or ICGT?

62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BUR or ICGT more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BUR or ICGT?

Burford Capital received 342 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 384 74.71%	Underperform Votes 130 25.29%
ICG Enterprise Trust	Outperform Votes 42 63.64%	Underperform Votes 24 36.36%

Summary

Burford Capital beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.