IG Group (IGG) Competitors

Diploma (LON:DPLM) and IG Group (LON:IGG) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DPLM or IGG?

81.5% of Diploma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of IG Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diploma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of IG Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, DPLM or IGG?

Diploma has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IG Group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DPLM or IGG?

In the previous week, Diploma had 3 more articles in the media than IG Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Diploma and 1 mentions for IG Group. IG Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Diploma's score of 0.59 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diploma	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IG Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DPLM or IGG a better dividend stock?

Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Diploma pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IG Group pays out 30.7% 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. IG Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DPLM or IGG?

IG Group received 163 more outperform votes than Diploma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Diploma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diploma	Outperform Votes 282 61.71%	Underperform Votes 175 38.29%
IG Group	Outperform Votes 445 66.42%	Underperform Votes 225 33.58%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DPLM or IGG?

IG Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diploma. IG Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diploma, 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
Diploma	£1.25B	5.03	£115.40M	£87.00	54.09
IG Group	£913.00M	4.18	£533.35M	£149.95	7.18

Is DPLM or IGG more profitable?

IG Group has a net margin of 58.42% compared to Diploma's net margin of 9.25%. IG Group's return on equity of 30.53% beat Diploma's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diploma	9.25%	13.18%	8.32%
IG Group	58.42%	30.53%	10.37%

Do analysts recommend DPLM or IGG?

Diploma currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,760, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. IG Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,466, suggesting a potential upside of 36.25%. Given IG Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Diploma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diploma	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
IG Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

IG Group beats Diploma on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.