NEXT (NXT) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) and NEXT (LON:NXT) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Is ICG or NXT a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NEXT pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICG or NXT?

NEXT received 553 more outperform votes than Intermediate Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 50.18% of users gave NEXT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
NEXT	Outperform Votes 560 50.18%	Underperform Votes 556 49.82%

Is ICG or NXT more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 48.22% compared to NEXT's net margin of 13.77%. NEXT's return on equity of 55.99% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	48.22%	21.46%	5.15%
NEXT	13.77%	55.99%	14.42%

Does the media prefer ICG or NXT?

In the previous week, NEXT had 14 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NEXT and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
NEXT	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ICG or NXT?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NEXT has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ICG or NXT?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of NEXT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of NEXT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ICG or NXT?

NEXT has higher revenue and earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NEXT, 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	£933.26M	5.75	£450.04M	£160.18	11.87
NEXT	£5.70B	2.55	£784.86M	£664.73	18.56

Do analysts rate ICG or NXT?

Intermediate Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,767.25, suggesting a potential upside of 45.49%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NEXT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.