Indivior (INDV) Competitors

Indivior (LON:INDV) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is INDV or ITH more profitable?

Ithaca Energy has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Indivior's net margin of -0.17%. Ithaca Energy's return on equity of 4.55% beat Indivior's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Indivior	-0.17%	-0.77%	2.37%
Ithaca Energy	6.48%	4.55%	0.18%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in INDV or ITH?

86.0% of Indivior shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Indivior shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is INDV or ITH a better dividend stock?

Indivior pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Indivior pays out -1,243.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ithaca Energy pays out 319.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to INDV or ITH?

In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Indivior. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 0 mentions for Indivior. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Indivior's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Indivior	Neutral
Ithaca Energy	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, INDV or ITH?

Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Indivior. Indivior is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ithaca Energy, 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
Indivior	£1.40B	1.38	-£2.36M	-£1.21	-1,026.48
Ithaca Energy	£3.55B	1.05	£230.29M	£8.76	20.35

Do analysts recommend INDV or ITH?

Indivior presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,650, suggesting a potential upside of 33.28%. Given Indivior's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Indivior is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Indivior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ithaca Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Ithaca Energy beats Indivior on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.