IGG vs. INVP, PLUS, TCAP, ALPH, CMCX, RCP, VMUK, BUR, EMG, and IIG
Should you be buying IG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IG Group include Investec Group (INVP), Plus500 (PLUS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Alpha Group International (ALPH), CMC Markets (CMCX), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), and Intuitive Investments Group (IIG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
IG Group (LON:IGG) and Investec Group (LON:INVP) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
IG Group received 122 more outperform votes than Investec Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.63% of users gave Investec Group an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave IG Group an outperform vote.
IG Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Investec Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. IG Group pays out 6,216.2% 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 pays out 4,520.5% 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.
Investec Group has a net margin of 41.64% compared to IG Group's net margin of 31.74%. IG Group's return on equity of 15.67% beat Investec Group's return on equity.
IG Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 920.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.92%. Given IG Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IG Group is more favorable than Investec Group.
70.4% of IG Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Investec Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of IG Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Investec Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IG Group had 1 more articles in the media than Investec Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IG Group and 0 mentions for Investec Group. Investec Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IG Group's score of -0.14 indicating that Investec Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Investec Group has higher revenue and earnings than IG Group. Investec Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IG Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IG Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Investec Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IG Group beats Investec Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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