ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) Competitors

3i Infrastructure (LON:3IN) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media refer more to 3IN or ICGT?

In the previous week, 3i Infrastructure and 3i Infrastructure both had 1 articles in the media. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat 3i Infrastructure's score of -0.09 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
3i Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ICG Enterprise Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is 3IN or ICGT more profitable?

3i Infrastructure has a net margin of 92.78% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. 3i Infrastructure's return on equity of 10.77% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
3i Infrastructure	92.78%	10.77%	4.83%
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, 3IN or ICGT?

3i Infrastructure has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 3IN or ICGT?

3i Infrastructure received 142 more outperform votes than ICG Enterprise Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.95% of users gave 3i Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave ICG Enterprise Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
3i Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 184 65.95%	Underperform Votes 95 34.05%
ICG Enterprise Trust	Outperform Votes 42 63.64%	Underperform Votes 24 36.36%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 3IN or ICGT?

55.1% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of 3i Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 3IN or ICGT?

3i Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than ICG Enterprise Trust. ICG Enterprise Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 3i Infrastructure, 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
3i Infrastructure	£374M	7.95	£347M	£0.38	848.68
ICG Enterprise Trust	£55.63M	14.52	£32.56M	£50.08	24.96

Is 3IN or ICGT a better dividend stock?

3i Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 3i Infrastructure pays out 3,157.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

3i Infrastructure beats ICG Enterprise Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.