Analyzing NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) & Its Peers

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for NIQ Global Intelligence and its peers, as reported 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	2230	6848	10808	473	2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence presently has a consensus price target of $17.61, indicating a potential downside of 8.85%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 20.96%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence	$4.20 billion	-$353.30 million	-15.84
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	$3.20 billion	-$7.90 million	17.49

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.

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	-20.08%	-48.65%	-5.12%

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About NIQ Global Intelligence

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.