IG Group (IGGHY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IG Group plc is a United Kingdom-based financial technology and online trading company. Through its IG brand, the group provides access to contracts for difference (CFDs), spread betting, foreign exchange, shares, exchange-traded funds, options and other financial products. It also offers investment and trading tools, market analysis, educational resources and related services for retail and professional clients.

Founded in London in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as Investors Gold Index, the company initially offered leveraged exposure to gold before expanding into broader markets and becoming an online trading provider. IG Group also owns tastytrade, a U.S.-focused trading platform offering brokerage services and access to options, futures, equities, exchange-traded funds and cryptocurrencies.

IG Group serves clients across the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United States, subject to local regulations. The company is led by Chief Executive Officer Breon Corcoran and is headquartered in London.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.42 to $13.70
• 50-Day Range: $12.18 to $19.96
• 52-Week Range: $12.08 to $25.00
• Volume: 445 shs
• Average Volume: 888 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 33.19
• Dividend Yield: 1.89%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

IG Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IG Group scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

IG Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IG Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IG Group is 33.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IG Group is 33.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 41.26.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IG Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.64, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IG Group has recently decreased by 5.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

IG Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.78%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

IG Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of IG Group is 62.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

IG Group has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for IG Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IG Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.10% of the stock of IG Group is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Diversified Consumer Services
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Consumer Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:IGGHY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.iggroup.com
• Phone: 442078960011
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,354
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A