TP ICAP Group (TCAP) Competitors

Investec Group (LON:INVP) and TP ICAP Group (LON:TCAP) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, INVP or TCAP?

Investec Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TP ICAP Group has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is INVP or TCAP more profitable?

Investec Group has a net margin of 43.98% compared to TP ICAP Group's net margin of 4.54%. Investec Group's return on equity of 11.67% beat TP ICAP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Investec Group	43.98%	11.67%	1.14%
TP ICAP Group	4.54%	4.82%	1.61%

Is INVP or TCAP a better dividend stock?

Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. TP ICAP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Investec Group pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TP ICAP Group pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Investec Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of INVP or TCAP?

65.1% of Investec Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of TP ICAP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Investec Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of TP ICAP Group 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.

Does the media prefer INVP or TCAP?

In the previous week, TP ICAP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Investec Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TP ICAP Group and 0 mentions for Investec Group. TP ICAP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Investec Group's score of 0.00 indicating that TP ICAP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Investec Group	Neutral
TP ICAP Group	Neutral

Do analysts recommend INVP or TCAP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Investec Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
TP ICAP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, INVP or TCAP?

Investec Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TP ICAP Group. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TP ICAP Group, 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
Investec Group	£1.26B	3.69	£552.58M	£65.18	8.41
TP ICAP Group	£2.16B	1.06	£97.91M	£12.88	23.49

Summary

Investec Group beats TP ICAP Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.