Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, QLT or ICP?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 325 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Is QLT or ICP 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
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Do analysts recommend QLT or ICP?

Quilter presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 0.74%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intermediate Capital Group is more favorable than Quilter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Intermediate Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor QLT or ICP?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	Neutral
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Is QLT or ICP a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, QLT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Quilter	£6.38B	0.28	£49.61M	£3.72	36.57
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QLT or ICP?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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