Comparing AlTi Global (NASDAQ:ALTI) and Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS)

Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) and AlTi Global (NASDAQ:ALTI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Intercorp Financial Services and AlTi Global, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intercorp Financial Services	0	1	2	0	2.67
AlTi Global	1	1	0	0	1.50

Intercorp Financial Services currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.23%. Given Intercorp Financial Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intercorp Financial Services is more favorable than AlTi Global.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intercorp Financial Services and AlTi Global”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intercorp Financial Services	$1.67 billion	3.48	$542.25 million	$4.82	10.51
AlTi Global	$206.93 million	3.15	-$103.03 million	($1.81)	-2.45

Intercorp Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than AlTi Global. AlTi Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intercorp Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.6% of AlTi Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of AlTi Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Intercorp Financial Services and AlTi Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intercorp Financial Services	28.74%	16.69%	2.01%
AlTi Global	-71.93%	-6.77%	-3.52%

Volatility & Risk

Intercorp Financial Services has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AlTi Global has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intercorp Financial Services beats AlTi Global on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intercorp Financial Services

Intercorp Financial Services Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers banking, insurance, wealth management, and payment services for retail and commercial clients in Peru. The company provides loans, credit facilities, deposits, and current accounts; life annuity products with single-premium payment and conventional life insurance products, as well as other retail insurance products; and brokerage and investment management services. It engages in the development, management, operation, and processing of credit and debit cards; facilitation of payments and services through commercial stores; and installation and maintenance of infrastructure for transactions through electronic commerce modality and networks of payment methods processors. The company was incorporated in 1897 and is based in Lima, Peru. Intercorp Financial Services Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intercorp Perú Ltd.

About AlTi Global

AlTi Global, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services individuals, families, foundations, and institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Wealth Management and Strategic Alternatives. The company offers discretionary investment management, non-discretionary investment advisory, and investment management and advisory services. It also provides trust and administration services, such as entity formation and management; creating or modifying trust instruments and administrative practices to meet beneficiary needs; corporate, trustee-executor, and fiduciary services; provision of directors and company secretarial services; administering entity ownership of intellectual property rights; advisory and administration services in connection with investments in marine and aviation assets; and administering entity ownership of fine art and collectibles. In addition, the company offers family office services comprising bookkeeping and back office services, private foundation management and grant making, oversight of trust administration, financial tracking and reporting, cash flow management and bill pay, and other financial services, as well as clients estate and wealth planning, family governance and education, and philanthropic and strategic services. It also provides ancillary fund management services, including investments, financial planning and strategy, sales and marketing, and back and middle office infrastructure and administration. The company offers strategic advisory, corporate advisory, brokerage, and placement agency services; structures, arranges, and provides investors with co-investment opportunities in various alternative assets; manages and advises public and private investment funds, as well as alternatives platform. The company was formerly known as Alvarium Tiedemann Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to AlTi Global, Inc. in April 2023. The company is based in New York, New York.