ICP vs. SDR, PSH, FCIT, MNG, PCT, HL, ATST, EMG, 3IN, and RCP
Should you be buying Intermediate Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intermediate Capital Group include Schroders (SDR), Pershing Square (PSH), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology (PCT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Alliance Trust (ATST), Man Group (EMG), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and RIT Capital Partners (RCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroders (LON:SDR) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Intermediate Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Schroders. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 13.48%. Schroders' return on equity of 20.09% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.
Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
36.7% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schroders has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Schroders had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Schroders and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Schroders' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of -0.32 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schroders received 75 more outperform votes than Intermediate Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
Schroders presently has a consensus price target of GBX 489, suggesting a potential upside of 33.90%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Intermediate Capital Group.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Schroders on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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