IGG vs. DPLM, HWDN, DPH, CTY, GNS, SMWH, KYGA, CAR, PRP, and AUK
Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Diploma (DPLM), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), City of London (CTY), Genus (GNS), WH Smith (SMWH), Kerry Group (KYGA), Carclo (CAR), Prime People (PRP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
IG Group vs. Its Competitors
Diploma (LON:DPLM) and IG Group (LON:IGG) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Diploma pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diploma pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IG Group pays out 44.2% 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.
In the previous week, IG Group had 8 more articles in the media than Diploma. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for IG Group and 1 mentions for Diploma. Diploma's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat IG Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Diploma is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.5% of Diploma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of IG Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Diploma shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of IG Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Diploma has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IG Group has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diploma presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,238, indicating a potential downside of 2.28%. IG Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,462.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.67%. Given IG Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Diploma.
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.
Summary
IG Group beats Diploma on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IGG) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
