Record (REC) Competitors

IP Group (LON:IPO) and Record (LON:REC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPO or REC?

IP Group received 180 more outperform votes than Record when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.52% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IP Group	Outperform Votes 362 77.52%	Underperform Votes 105 22.48%
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IPO or REC?

70.2% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of Record shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IPO or REC more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to IP Group's net margin of 106.78%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IP Group	106.78%	-19.85%	-10.50%
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%

Do analysts recommend IPO or REC?

IP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 126, suggesting a potential upside of 189.66%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than Record.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Record	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, IPO or REC?

IP Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPO or REC a better dividend stock?

IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. IP Group pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Record pays out 4.9% 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.

Does the media prefer IPO or REC?

In the previous week, Record had 54 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Record and 1 mentions for IP Group. IP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Record's score of 0.17 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Record	9 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IPO or REC?

Record has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, 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
IP Group	-£196.61M	-2.11	-£209.94M	-£22.25	-1.96
Record	£46.40M	2.31	£199.77M	£101.59	0.54

Summary

Record beats IP Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.