Critical Review: NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) and Its Competitors

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.4% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence	$4.20 billion	-$353.30 million	-15.04
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	$3.01 billion	-$7.90 million	17.23

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

Profitability

This table compares NIQ Global Intelligence and its rivals’ 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%

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for NIQ Global Intelligence and its rivals, as provided 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	2244	6864	10821	475	2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 23.70%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 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.