NXT vs. ICG, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, MSI, SGM, and BERI
Should you be buying NEXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NEXT include Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), G4S (GFS), Spire Healthcare Group (SPI), Empiric Student Property (ESP), The Restaurant Group (RTN), International Personal Finance (IPF), Alliance Pharma (APH), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), and BlackRock Energy and Resources (BERI). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
NEXT vs. Its Competitors
Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) and NEXT (LON:NXT) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.
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 2.33 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 35.3% 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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Intermediate Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 8.98%. NEXT has a consensus price target of £124.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.
In the previous week, NEXT had 22 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for NEXT and 2 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat NEXT's score of 0.33 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NEXT has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group and NEXT tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NXT) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
