Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) Competitors

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, MCO or IBKR?

Moody's has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interactive Brokers Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCO or IBKR a better dividend stock?

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Interactive Brokers Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Moody's pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interactive Brokers Group pays out 14.2% 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. Moody's has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Moody's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MCO or IBKR?

92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Interactive Brokers Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MCO or IBKR?

In the previous week, Moody's had 6 more articles in the media than Interactive Brokers Group. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Moody's and 32 mentions for Interactive Brokers Group. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Interactive Brokers Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Moody's	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Interactive Brokers Group	15 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MCO or IBKR?

Moody's received 238 more outperform votes than Interactive Brokers Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.28% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Interactive Brokers Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Moody's	Outperform Votes 546 59.28%	Underperform Votes 375 40.72%
Interactive Brokers Group	Outperform Votes 308 57.04%	Underperform Votes 232 42.96%

Is MCO or IBKR more profitable?

Moody's has a net margin of 29.05% compared to Interactive Brokers Group's net margin of 9.25%. Moody's' return on equity of 57.97% beat Interactive Brokers Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moody's	29.05%	57.97%	14.60%
Interactive Brokers Group	9.25%	5.00%	0.55%

Do analysts recommend MCO or IBKR?

Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $507.36, indicating a potential upside of 3.71%. Interactive Brokers Group has a consensus price target of $192.25, indicating a potential downside of 12.21%. Given Moody's' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than Interactive Brokers Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moody's	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Interactive Brokers Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MCO or IBKR?

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Brokers Group. Interactive Brokers Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moody's, 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
Moody's	$5.92B	14.98	$1.61B	$10.95	44.68
Interactive Brokers Group	$5.19B	17.85	$600M	$7.06	31.02

Summary

Moody's beats Interactive Brokers Group on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.