IGG vs. INVP, TCAP, PLUS, ALPH, VMUK, RCP, IIG, BUR, HICL, and DLG
Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Investec Group (INVP), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Plus500 (PLUS), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Burford Capital (BUR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), and Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
IG Group (LON:IGG) and Investec Group (LON:INVP) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, IG Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Investec Group's score of 0.00 indicating that IG Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Investec Group has a net margin of 41.64% compared to IG Group's net margin of 31.74%. IG Group's return on equity of 15.67% beat Investec Group's return on equity.
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.
IG Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 920.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.69%. Given IG Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Investec Group.
IG Group received 122 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.63% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote.
70.4% of IG Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Investec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of IG Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Investec Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
IG Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investec Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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 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. Investec Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
IG Group beats Investec Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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