BPT vs. ICP, SDR, SDRC, HL, FCIT, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, and 3IN
Should you be buying Bridgepoint Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Group include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Bridgepoint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intermediate Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intermediate Capital Group has a net margin of 56.78% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 21.98%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.
21.5% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bridgepoint Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Intermediate Capital Group received 389 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 249.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.25%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Intermediate Capital Group.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Bridgepoint Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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