IPF vs. SPI, ESP, RTN, APH, MSI, SGM, BERI, MCP, AMAT, and INDI
Should you be buying International Personal Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Personal Finance include Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Alliance Pharma (APH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP), Amati AIM VCT (AMAT), and Indus Gas (INDI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
International Personal Finance vs. Its Competitors
International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) and Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
International Personal Finance has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Spire Healthcare Group's net margin of 1.96%. International Personal Finance's return on equity of 9.98% beat Spire Healthcare Group's return on equity.
International Personal Finance pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Spire Healthcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. International Personal Finance pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 50.0% 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. International Personal Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
International Personal Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spire Healthcare Group. International Personal Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spire Healthcare Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.6% of International Personal Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Personal Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, International Personal Finance and International Personal Finance both had 1 articles in the media. Spire Healthcare Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat International Personal Finance's score of 0.09 indicating that Spire Healthcare Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Spire Healthcare Group has a consensus target price of GBX 294.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.75%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than International Personal Finance.
International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Personal Finance beats Spire Healthcare Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:IPF) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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