Quilter (QLT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ICP or QLT?

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

Do analysts prefer ICP or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 10.18%. Given Intermediate Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	0.31	£49.61M	£3.72	40.41

Does the media prefer ICP or QLT?

In the previous week, Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of -0.95 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Negative
Quilter	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICP or QLT?

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

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 3.3%. 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.

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%

Do insiders & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter 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.

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group and Quilter tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.