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IP Group (IPO) Competitors

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GBX 52.70 +0.60 (+1.15%)
As of 10/3/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

IPO vs. RAT, JAM, TRIG, ATT, MYI, MRC, N91, SSON, FEV, and PNL

Should you be buying IP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IP Group include Rathbones Group (RAT), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Murray International (MYI), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Ninety One Group (N91), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and Personal Assets (PNL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

IP Group vs. Its Competitors

IP Group (LON:IPO) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

IP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 89.75%. Rathbones Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,095.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IP Group is more favorable than Rathbones Group.

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
Rathbones Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Rathbones Group had 5 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rathbones Group and 0 mentions for IP Group. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat IP Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
IP Group Neutral
Rathbones Group Positive

37.4% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IP Group-£113.30M-4.16-£209.94M-£0.14-369.05
Rathbones Group£897.60M2.15£63.46M£0.593,109.98

IP Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Rathbones Group's net margin of 7.25%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 4.66% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IP Group106.78% -19.85% -10.50%
Rathbones Group 7.25%4.66%3.57%

Summary

Rathbones Group beats IP Group on 12 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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IPO vs. The Competition

MetricIP GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£466.46M£1.49B£6.04B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.46%4.59%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio-369.053,115.641,332.944,421.35
Price / Sales-4.161,914.001,397.0499,678.00
Price / Cash2.5560.4748.9727.90
Price / Book0.511.382.138.04
Net Income-£209.94M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.19%0.82%0.67%0.98%
1 Month Performance-10.53%2.14%6.63%6.24%
1 Year Performance8.10%8.53%37.90%149.27%

IP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPO
IP Group
1.4701 of 5 stars
GBX 52.70
+1.2%
GBX 100
+89.8%
+8.1%£466.46M-£113.30M-369.0595Gap Up
RAT
Rathbones Group
2.547 of 5 stars
GBX 1,812
-0.8%
GBX 2,095.67
+15.7%
+2.6%£1.91B£897.60M3,065.993,500News Coverage
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,090
-0.5%
N/A+12.1%£1.91B£84.18M2,466.62N/A
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
2.0849 of 5 stars
GBX 77.50
+0.1%
GBX 100
+29.0%
-24.9%£1.86B-£210.60M-880.68N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
ATT
Allianz Technology Trust
N/AGBX 493
-1.0%
N/A+42.5%£1.83B£143.63M1,316.77N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MYI
Murray International
N/AGBX 304.50
+0.3%
N/A+17.8%£1.80B£144.64M1,352.73N/ADividend Announcement
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 251
-0.4%
N/A+6.3%£1.80B£244.11M801.922,800
N91
Ninety One Group
0.9148 of 5 stars
GBX 203.60
-0.1%
GBX 190
-6.7%
+13.8%£1.75B£700M1,183.721,180News Coverage
Gap Up
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,530
-0.3%
N/AN/A£1.70B£89.31M2,675.29N/A
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
N/AGBX 408.50
+0.7%
N/A+10.0%£1.65B£18.78M15,532.32N/APositive News
PNL
Personal Assets
N/AGBX 520.80
-0.4%
N/A+6.6%£1.62B£123.08M1,507.06N/A

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