NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Comparison

NIQ Global Intelligence (NYSE:NIQ) is one of 259 public companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare NIQ Global Intelligence to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.4% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for NIQ Global Intelligence and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIQ Global Intelligence	1	2	7	1	2.73
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	2244	6865	10821	475	2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.16%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 25.52%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence	$4.39 billion	-$353.30 million	-14.70
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	$2.92 billion	-$7.90 million	17.32

NIQ Global Intelligence has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. NIQ Global Intelligence is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIQ Global Intelligence	-8.01%	14.84%	2.60%
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	-20.09%	-48.62%	-5.13%

Dividends

NIQ Global Intelligence pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. NIQ Global Intelligence pays out -27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.2% and pay out 146.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

NIQ Global Intelligence has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIQ Global Intelligence’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

NIQ Global Intelligence Company Profile

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests into public fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies that are operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in municipal securities that are exempt from federal income taxes, and seeks to maintain a portfolio with an intermediate effective duration of between 3 and 10 years, including the effects of leverage. The fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in municipal securities rated investment grade i.e. Baa/BBB or at the time of investment. It employs fundamental analysis, with focus on bottom-up approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index and a composite index comprising 50% of S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index and 50% of the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index. Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund was founded on February 7,2012 and is domiciled in the United States.