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S&P 500   3,970.99
DOW   32,237.53
QQQ   310.89
Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
Biden's pick to lead FAA withdraws amid shaky Senate support
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike
Factory or farm? Oregon may alter land use for chipmakers
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Technical issues at Lufthansa cause delays in Frankfurt
AP source: President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination.
S&P 500   3,970.99
DOW   32,237.53
QQQ   310.89
Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
Biden's pick to lead FAA withdraws amid shaky Senate support
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike
Factory or farm? Oregon may alter land use for chipmakers
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Technical issues at Lufthansa cause delays in Frankfurt
AP source: President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination.
S&P 500   3,970.99
DOW   32,237.53
QQQ   310.89
Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
Biden's pick to lead FAA withdraws amid shaky Senate support
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike
Factory or farm? Oregon may alter land use for chipmakers
"Prepare for Five Years of Famine" (Ad)
Technical issues at Lufthansa cause delays in Frankfurt
AP source: President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination.
LON:ITRK

Intertek Group - ITRK Competitors

GBX 3,923
-79.00 (-1.97%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
3,906
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3,997
50-Day Range
3,923
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4,528
52-Week Range
3,485
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5,368
Volume
317,649 shs
Average Volume
309,852 shs
Market Capitalization
£6.33 billion
P/E Ratio
2,241.71
Dividend Yield
2.70%
Price Target
GBX 4,774.57

ITRK vs. HSV, BCA, EXPN, MGGT, MRO, SMIN, HLMA, SPX, WEIR, and BKG

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intertek Group
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
HomeServe
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Intertek Group Neutral
HomeServe Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intertek Group£3.19 billion1.98£288.80 million£1.752,241.71
HomeServe£1.53 billion0.00N/A£0.40N/A

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intertek Group 9.05% 25.23% 8.78%
HomeServe N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Intertek GroupOutperform Votes
368
48.74%
Underperform Votes
387
51.26%
HomeServeOutperform Votes
451
67.01%
Underperform Votes
222
32.99%

Summary

Intertek Group beats HomeServe on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ITRK vs. The Competition

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MetricIntertek GroupBusiness Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.33B£1.32B£3.49B£1.58B
Dividend Yield2.65%4.43%4.21%13.26%
P/E Ratio2,241.711,469.38466.511,744.48
Price / Sales1.98134.93240.8827,518.38
Price / Cash25.5327.3927.7427.99
Price / Book4.932.703.332.89
Net Income£288.80M£48.83M£198.02M£168.56M
7 Day Performance-1.33%1.56%1.11%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-10.37%-0.43%-2.01%-6.08%
1 Year Performance-22.96%-4.46%7.65%30.19%

Intertek Group Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSV
HomeServe
1.8971 of 5 stars		N/AGBX 1,201.67
+∞		N/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
BCA
BCA Marketplace
0 of 5 stars		GBX 236.20
+0.1%		N/AN/A£1.85B£3.03B27.477,263News Coverage
EXPN
Experian
1.5601 of 5 stars		GBX 2,659
-0.3%		GBX 2,996.17
+12.7%		-12.4%£24.49B£6.47B3,128.2420,000Dividend Cut
MGGT
Meggitt
0 of 5 stars		GBX 798.80
flat		GBX 800
+0.2%		N/A£6.25B£1.63B79,880.009,270High Trading Volume
MRO
Melrose Industries
1.7475 of 5 stars		GBX 154.15
+0.7%		GBX 192
+24.6%		+26.9%£6.24B£7.54B-3,083.0037,336
SMIN
Smiths Group
1.7149 of 5 stars		GBX 1,713
+0.2%		GBX 1,776.25
+3.7%		+15.7%£6.04B£2.57B57,100.0014,500Dividend Cut
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HLMA
Halma
0.8005 of 5 stars		GBX 2,099
+0.6%		GBX 2,121
+1.0%		-15.1%£7.97B£1.66B3,498.337,000
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
1.2786 of 5 stars		£112.60
-0.1%		£120.68
+7.2%		-7.8%£8.31B£1.61B3,703.958,700
WEIR
The Weir Group
1.7434 of 5 stars		GBX 1,812
+0.2%		GBX 2,023.33
+11.7%		+0.0%£4.70B£2.47B2,209.7611,994
BKG
The Berkeley Group
1.6176 of 5 stars		GBX 4,060
-0.2%		GBX 4,604.40
+13.4%		N/A£4.38B£2.33B987.832,705News Coverage
This page (LON:ITRK) was last updated on 3/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff