IPF vs. SPI, ESP, RTN, APH, MSI, SGM, BERI, MCP, AMAT, and STM
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 STM Group (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
International Personal Finance vs. Its Competitors
Spire Healthcare Group (LON:SPI) and International Personal Finance (LON:IPF) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
Spire Healthcare Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Personal Finance has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Spire Healthcare Group had 43 more articles in the media than International Personal Finance. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Spire Healthcare Group and 1 mentions for International Personal Finance. International Personal Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Spire Healthcare Group's score of 0.20 indicating that International Personal Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Spire Healthcare Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Personal Finance pays out 36.7% 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.
Spire Healthcare Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 294.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.63%. Given Spire Healthcare Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spire Healthcare Group is more favorable than International Personal Finance.
International Personal Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
40.6% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.6% of International Personal Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Spire Healthcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of International Personal Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
International Personal Finance beats Spire Healthcare Group on 11 of the 17 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 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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