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Should you be buying Intertek Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intertek Group include HomeServe (HSV), BCA Marketplace (BCA), Experian (EXPN), Meggitt (MGGT), Melrose Industries (MRO), Smiths Group (SMIN), Halma (HLMA), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), The Weir Group (WEIR), and The Berkeley Group (BKG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Intertek Group vs.
Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) and HomeServe (LON:HSV) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Intertek Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,774.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.71%. HomeServe has a consensus price target of GBX 1,201.67, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given HomeServe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HomeServe is more favorable than Intertek Group.
In the previous week, Intertek Group had 3 more articles in the media than HomeServe. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Intertek Group and 0 mentions for HomeServe. HomeServe's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Intertek Group's score of 0.00 indicating that HomeServe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intertek Group has higher revenue and earnings than HomeServe. HomeServe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intertek Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intertek Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 106 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HomeServe pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Intertek Group pays out 6,057.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HomeServe pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
67.8% of Intertek Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Intertek Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intertek Group has a net margin of 9.05% compared to HomeServe's net margin of 0.00%. Intertek Group's return on equity of 25.23% beat HomeServe's return on equity.
HomeServe received 83 more outperform votes than Intertek Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave HomeServe an outperform vote while only 48.74% of users gave Intertek Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Intertek Group beats HomeServe on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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