IP Group (IPO) Competitors

Brewin Dolphin (LON:BRW) and IP Group (LON:IPO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BRW or IPO?

Brewin Dolphin has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brewin Dolphin, 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
Brewin Dolphin	£415.46M	0.00	N/A	£0.17	N/A
IP Group	-£196.61M	-2.10	-£209.94M	-£22.25	-1.94

Do analysts rate BRW or IPO?

IP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 191.33%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IP Group is more favorable than Brewin Dolphin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brewin Dolphin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
IP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BRW or IPO a better dividend stock?

Brewin Dolphin pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Brewin Dolphin pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IP Group pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BRW or IPO more profitable?

IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to Brewin Dolphin's net margin of 0.00%. Brewin Dolphin's return on equity of 0.00% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brewin Dolphin	N/A	N/A	N/A
IP Group	106.78%	-19.85%	-10.50%

Does the media refer more to BRW or IPO?

In the previous week, Brewin Dolphin's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled IP Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brewin Dolphin	Neutral
IP Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRW or IPO?

Brewin Dolphin received 256 more outperform votes than IP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.52% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Brewin Dolphin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brewin Dolphin	Outperform Votes 618 67.32%	Underperform Votes 300 32.68%
IP Group	Outperform Votes 362 77.52%	Underperform Votes 105 22.48%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BRW or IPO?

70.2% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of IP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IP Group beats Brewin Dolphin on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.