ASY vs. VP, SDY, AA4, AVAP, ANX, REDD, XPP, COST, CPI, and GFRD
Should you be buying Andrews Sykes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Andrews Sykes Group include VP (VP), Speedy Hire (SDY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), Redde Northgate (REDD), XP Power (XPP), Costain Group (COST), Capita (CPI), and Galliford Try (GFRD). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
VP (LON:VP) and Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
VP has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andrews Sykes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VP received 79 more outperform votes than Andrews Sykes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave VP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VP had 31 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Andrews Sykes Group's score of -0.06 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VP has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VP presently has a consensus target price of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 41.79%. Given Andrews Sykes Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VP is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.
Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 21.53% compared to Andrews Sykes Group's net margin of 6.33%. VP's return on equity of 27.23% beat Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity.
VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. VP pays out 6,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,046.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
38.6% of VP shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.2% of VP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by 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.
Summary
VP beats Andrews Sykes Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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