IGG vs. INVP, PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, CMCX, AFX, NUM, FRP, K3C, and PEEL
Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Investec Group (INVP), Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), Alpha FX Group (AFX), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), K3 Capital Group (K3C), and Peel Hunt (PEEL). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
Investec Group (LON:INVP) and IG Group (LON:IGG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
73.9% of Investec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of IG Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Investec Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of IG Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, IG Group had 10 more articles in the media than Investec Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IG Group and 1 mentions for Investec Group. IG Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Investec Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Investec Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Investec Group has higher revenue and earnings than IG Group. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IG Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Investec Group has a net margin of 41.64% compared to Investec Group's net margin of 31.74%. Investec Group's return on equity of 15.67% beat IG Group's return on equity.
Investec Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 660, indicating a potential upside of 8.46%. IG Group has a consensus price target of GBX 940.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.64%. Given IG Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Investec Group is more favorable than IG Group.
Investec Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IG Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IG Group received 123 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.70% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote while only 66.11% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote.
Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Investec Group pays out 4,520.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IG Group pays out 6,216.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Investec Group beats IG Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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