Head to Head Review: IBEX (IBEX) and Its Peers

IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) is one of 203 public companies in the “Professional Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare IBEX to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

IBEX has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IBEX’s peers have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares IBEX and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IBEX	7.19%	28.96%	15.36%
IBEX Competitors	-0.59%	20.60%	4.33%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for IBEX and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IBEX	0	2	1	0	2.33
IBEX Competitors	1580	6433	9163	430	2.48

IBEX presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.10%. As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 27.11%. Given IBEX’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IBEX has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
IBEX	$644.08 million	$46.33 million	14.29
IBEX Competitors	$3.28 billion	$228.38 million	34.92

IBEX’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than IBEX. IBEX 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.2% of IBEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of IBEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IBEX peers beat IBEX on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

IBEX Company Profile

IBEX Limited provides end-to-end technology-enabled customer lifecycle experience solutions in the United States and internationally. The company products and services portfolio includes ibex Connect, that offers customer service, technical support, revenue generation, and other revenue generation outsourced back-office services through the CX model, which integrates voice, email, chat, SMS, social media, and other communication applications; ibex Digital, a customer acquisition solution that comprises digital marketing, e-commerce technology, and platform solutions; and ibex CX, a customer experience solution, which provides a suite of proprietary software tools to measure, monitor, and manage its clients' customer experience. It operates customer engagement and customer acquisition delivery centers. The company serves banking and financial services, delivery and logistics, health tech and wellness, high tech, retail and e-commerce, streaming and entertainment, travel and hospitality, and utility industries. The company was formerly known as IBEX Holdings Limited and changed its name to IBEX Limited in September 2019. IBEX Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. The company is a subsidiary of The Resource Group International Limited.