Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ICP or QLT?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quilter. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
Quilter	£6.38B	0.32	£49.61M	£3.72	41.68

Does the media refer more to ICP or QLT?

In the previous week, Quilter had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quilter and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quilter'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
Quilter	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ICP or QLT?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ICP or QLT a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quilter is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend ICP or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than Quilter.

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
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ICP or QLT more profitable?

Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or QLT?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quilter beats Intermediate Capital Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.