IPO vs. CGI, NAS, CHRY, FSFL, PCFT, CORD, PAC, JEGI, PCGH, and UEM
Should you be buying IP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IP Group include Canadian General Investments (CGI), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Foresight Solar (FSFL), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), and Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
IP Group (LON:IPO) and Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, IP Group had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IP Group and 0 mentions for Canadian General Investments. IP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Canadian General Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that IP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. IP Group pays out -588.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian General Investments pays out 1,191.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
IP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 126, suggesting a potential upside of 157.93%. Given IP Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IP Group is more favorable than Canadian General Investments.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 86.93% compared to IP Group's net margin of 0.00%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 16.08% beat IP Group's return on equity.
IP Group received 317 more outperform votes than Canadian General Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.47% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 65.67% of users gave Canadian General Investments an outperform vote.
76.1% of IP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IP Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IP Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian General Investments has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian General Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats IP Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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