InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Competitors

IntegraFin (LON:IHP) and InterContinental Hotels Group (LON:IHG) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer IHP or IHG?

In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 4 more articles in the media than IntegraFin. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 0 mentions for IntegraFin. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat IntegraFin's score of 0.00 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IntegraFin	Neutral
InterContinental Hotels Group	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, IHP or IHG?

IntegraFin has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IHP or IHG a better dividend stock?

IntegraFin pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 125 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IntegraFin pays out 63.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 41.0% 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IHP or IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than IntegraFin. IntegraFin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterContinental Hotels Group, 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
IntegraFin	£138.65M	8.46	£52.54M	£15.77	22.38
InterContinental Hotels Group	£5.19B	3.45	£775.45M	£304.68	29.34

Is IHP or IHG more profitable?

IntegraFin has a net margin of 37.90% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 14.94%. IntegraFin's return on equity of 26.21% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IntegraFin	37.90%	26.21%	20.29%
InterContinental Hotels Group	14.94%	-30.72%	14.12%

Do analysts rate IHP or IHG?

IntegraFin currently has a consensus price target of GBX 423.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.04%. InterContinental Hotels Group has a consensus price target of GBX 6,098.75, indicating a potential downside of 31.78%. Given IntegraFin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IntegraFin is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IntegraFin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IHP or IHG?

51.5% of IntegraFin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of IntegraFin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

IntegraFin beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.