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Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
New CBOE “special perk” helps traders target income every weekend (Ad)
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
New CBOE “special perk” helps traders target income every weekend (Ad)
Shohei Ohtani joins big-money club with massive contract with Los Angeles Dodgers
Consumer product agency issues warning on small magnetic balls linked to deaths
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Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
New CBOE “special perk” helps traders target income every weekend (Ad)
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
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IAC (IAC) Competitors

$49.07
+1.08 (+2.25%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$47.58
$49.34
50-Day Range
$41.84
$50.35
52-Week Range
$41.39
$69.85
Volume
651,985 shs
Average Volume
612,946 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.93 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$78.00

IAC vs. FSS, GFF, BATRA, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, LXU, NPK, and TROO

Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Federal Signal (FSS), Griffon (GFF), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), and TROOPS (TROO). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.

IAC vs.

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

91.9% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

IAC received 743 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.12% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Federal SignalOutperform Votes
306
58.40%
Underperform Votes
218
41.60%
IACOutperform Votes
1049
71.12%
Underperform Votes
426
28.88%

Federal Signal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Federal Signal$1.43B3.07$120.40M$2.3930.30
IAC$5.24B0.75-$1.17B-$1.24-39.57

Federal Signal has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Federal Signal has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of -1.39%. IAC's return on equity of 16.35% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Federal Signal8.74% 16.35% 9.22%
IAC -1.39%-3.46%-2.22%

In the previous week, IAC had 2 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for Federal Signal. IAC's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.37 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Federal Signal
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IAC
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Federal Signal presently has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.07%. IAC has a consensus target price of $78.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.96%. Given Federal Signal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Federal Signal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Federal Signal
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
IAC
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Summary

Federal Signal beats IAC on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IAC vs. The Competition

MetricIACComputer & Data IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$37.88B$15.15B$6.79B
Dividend YieldN/A0.56%3.55%4.55%
P/E Ratio-39.5731.616.7113.58
Price / Sales0.75331.5816.66109.14
Price / CashN/A29.2712.83128.58
Price / Book0.629.891.794.66
Net Income-$1.17B$1.08B$1.16B$177.29M
7 Day Performance0.31%0.04%-0.53%0.77%
1 Month Performance8.13%3.90%6.70%9.26%
1 Year Performance6.40%2.71%-3.87%8.11%

IAC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSS
Federal Signal
2.189 of 5 stars
$69.47
-1.2%
$63.67
-8.4%
+58.5%$4.23B$1.43B29.074,100News Coverage
Positive News
GFF
Griffon
2.7458 of 5 stars
$49.36
-1.1%
$54.00
+9.4%
+47.3%$2.57B$2.69B35.265,700
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.6288 of 5 stars
$40.40
+0.2%
N/A+26.9%$2.49BN/A0.001,245News Coverage
VGR
Vector Group
1.8175 of 5 stars
$11.14
+0.7%
N/A-2.6%$1.74B$1.44B10.22536
FBYD
Falcon's Beyond Global
0 of 5 stars
$11.53
-2.8%
N/AN/A$1.57BN/A0.00122Gap Down
IEP
Icahn Enterprises
2.2222 of 5 stars
$16.58
-1.7%
$27.00
+62.8%
-67.6%$6.81B$14.10B-7.4720,041
ITT
ITT
2.4587 of 5 stars
$110.50
-0.7%
$111.29
+0.7%
+41.1%$9.07B$2.99B21.0910,300News Coverage
LXU
LSB Industries
2.5491 of 5 stars
$8.74
-1.5%
$13.86
+58.5%
-36.9%$649.73M$901.71M6.88571
NPK
National Presto Industries
0 of 5 stars
$78.24
-1.1%
N/A+13.4%$553.94M$321.62M23.64973
TROO
TROOPS
0 of 5 stars
$2.62
-6.1%
N/A+8.2%$283.46M$3.79M0.0019Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:IAC) was last updated on 12/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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