IP Group (IPO) Competitors

IP Group (LON:IPO) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IPO or QLT?

70.2% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, IPO or QLT?

IP Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IPO or QLT?

IP Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 126, suggesting a potential upside of 114.29%. Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 179.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than Quilter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is IPO or QLT a better dividend stock?

IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. IP Group pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to IPO or QLT?

In the previous week, Quilter had 4 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quilter and 1 mentions for IP Group. IP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Quilter's score of 0.46 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quilter	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IPO or QLT?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
IP Group	-£196.61M	-2.85	-£209.94M	-£22.25	-2.64
Quilter	£6.38B	0.35	£49.61M	£3.72	44.85

Is IPO or QLT more profitable?

IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IP Group	106.78%	-19.85%	-10.50%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Summary

Quilter beats IP Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.