Reviewing NIQ Global Intelligence (NIQ) and Its Peers

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.0% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of NIQ Global Intelligence shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIQ Global Intelligence	$4.20 billion	-$353.30 million	-15.43
NIQ Global Intelligence Competitors	$2.96 billion	-$23.63 million	17.52

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	-20.10%	-48.50%	-5.05%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for NIQ Global Intelligence and its competitors, 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	2223	6839	10805	472	2.47

NIQ Global Intelligence currently has a consensus price target of $16.61, indicating a potential downside of 11.74%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 19.41%. Given NIQ Global Intelligence’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NIQ Global Intelligence has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

NIQ Global Intelligence beats its competitors 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.