Ninety One Group (N91) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ICP or N91?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ICP or N91?

Ninety One Group has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential downside of 2.46%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than Ninety One Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ICP or N91?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ninety One Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, 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
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
Ninety One Group	£700M	2.40	£154.01M	£0.17	1,132.56

Is ICP or N91 more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%

Does the media prefer ICP or N91?

In the previous week, Ninety One Group had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ninety One Group and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Ninety One Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ninety One Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
Ninety One Group	Positive

Is ICP or N91 a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or N91?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Ninety One Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.