INVP vs. IGG, PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, CMCX, AFX, PBEE, NUM, FRP, and K3C
Should you be buying Investec Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Investec Group include IG Group (IGG), Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), Alpha FX Group (AFX), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Numis (NUM), FRP Advisory Group (FRP), and K3 Capital Group (K3C). 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Investec Group has a net margin of 49.24% compared to IG Group's net margin of 32.24%. IG Group's return on equity of 15.76% beat Investec Group's return on equity.
Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Investec Group pays out 5,147.1% 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 5,897.4% 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.
Investec Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IG Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.1% of Investec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of IG Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Investec Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of IG Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Investec Group and Investec Group both had 2 articles in the media. Investec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat IG Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Investec Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IG Group received 125 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.70% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote.
Investec Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 660, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. IG Group has a consensus price target of GBX 986.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. Given Investec Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Investec Group is more favorable than IG Group.
Summary
Investec Group beats IG Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:INVP) was last updated on 10/9/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
