NEXT (NXT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ICG or NXT?

67.5% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of NEXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of NEXT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	£951.40M	6.56	£450.04M	£1.54	1,395.32
NEXT	£6.12B	2.33	£784.86M	£6.06	2,022.30

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 favor ICG or NXT?

In the previous week, NEXT had 5 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NEXT and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. NEXT's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that NEXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NEXT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ICG or NXT?

Intermediate Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 16.50%. NEXT has a consensus price target of £129, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NEXT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Is ICG or NXT a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NEXT pays out 35.7% 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.

Summary

NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.