NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) vs. Its Peers Critical Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NIQ Global Intelligence 1 2 7 1 2.73
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors 2243 6861 10818 475 2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.87%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 21.88%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers’ 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 -20.10% -48.67% -5.13%

Volatility & Risk

NIQ Global Intelligence has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIQ Global Intelligence’s peers have a beta of 0.97, meaning that their average stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence $4.20 billion -$353.30 million -15.03
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors $3.02 billion -$7.90 million 17.78

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

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

NIQ Global Intelligence Company Profile

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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.

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