InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer IHG or IHP?

InterContinental Hotels Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 6,139, indicating a potential downside of 28.18%. IntegraFin has a consensus price target of GBX 423.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.70%. 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
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
IntegraFin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, IHG or IHP?

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

Does the media favor IHG or IHP?

In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 3 more articles in the media than IntegraFin. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 0 mentions for IntegraFin. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat IntegraFin's score of 0.00 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
InterContinental Hotels Group	Positive
IntegraFin	Neutral

Is IHG or IHP a better dividend stock?

InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 125 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. IntegraFin pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IntegraFin pays out 63.4% 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.

Is IHG or IHP 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
InterContinental Hotels Group	14.94%	-30.72%	14.12%
IntegraFin	37.90%	26.21%	20.29%

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

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IHG or IHP?

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
InterContinental Hotels Group	£5.19B	3.30	£775.45M	£304.68	28.06
IntegraFin	£138.65M	8.48	£52.54M	£15.77	22.45

Summary

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