India Capital Growth (IGC) Competitors

India Capital Growth (LON:IGC) and Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IGC or BMY?

24.3% of India Capital Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of India Capital Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, IGC or BMY?

India Capital Growth has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IGC or BMY?

Bloomsbury Publishing received 234 more outperform votes than India Capital Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave India Capital Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
India Capital Growth	Outperform Votes 18 56.25%	Underperform Votes 14 43.75%
Bloomsbury Publishing	Outperform Votes 252 68.48%	Underperform Votes 116 31.52%

Does the media refer more to IGC or BMY?

In the previous week, India Capital Growth had 2 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for India Capital Growth and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat India Capital Growth's score of 0.61 indicating that Bloomsbury Publishing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
India Capital Growth	Positive
Bloomsbury Publishing	Positive

Is IGC or BMY more profitable?

India Capital Growth has a net margin of 93.35% compared to Bloomsbury Publishing's net margin of 9.77%. India Capital Growth's return on equity of 25.12% beat Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
India Capital Growth	93.35%	25.12%	15.98%
Bloomsbury Publishing	9.77%	18.62%	7.82%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IGC or BMY?

India Capital Growth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bloomsbury Publishing. India Capital Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, 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
India Capital Growth	£46.21M	3.22	£43.14M	£49.52	3.48
Bloomsbury Publishing	£382.40M	1.37	£37.37M	£46.74	13.93

Do analysts recommend IGC or BMY?

Bloomsbury Publishing has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 26.73%. Given Bloomsbury Publishing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bloomsbury Publishing is more favorable than India Capital Growth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
India Capital Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bloomsbury Publishing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Bloomsbury Publishing beats India Capital Growth on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.