NXT vs. ICG, GFS, SPI, ESP, RTN, IPF, APH, SGM, MSI, and MCP
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), Sigma Capital Group (SGM), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrand Trust (MCP). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
NEXT vs. Its Competitors
NEXT (LON:NXT) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICG) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
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 has a consensus target price of GBX 2,500, indicating a potential upside of 16.39%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than NEXT.
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.
72.3% of NEXT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of NEXT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NEXT has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NEXT had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NEXT and 2 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat NEXT's score of 0.45 indicating that Intermediate Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. NEXT pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 49.3% 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.
Summary
NEXT beats Intermediate Capital Group on 10 of the 17 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 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
