AVAP vs. ANX, HSS, SDY, AA4, ASY, VP, CTO, BMS, LORD, and INSE
Should you be buying Avation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avation include Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Speedy Hire (SDY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), VP (VP), TClarke (CTO), Braemar (BMS), Lords Group Trading (LORD), and Inspired (INSE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Avation (LON:AVAP) and Anexo Group (LON:ANX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Avation has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anexo Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avation received 175 more outperform votes than Anexo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.10% of users gave Avation an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Anexo Group an outperform vote.
Anexo Group has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Avation's net margin of -6.02%. Anexo Group's return on equity of 9.88% beat Avation's return on equity.
In the previous week, Anexo Group had 14 more articles in the media than Avation. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Anexo Group and 3 mentions for Avation. Avation's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Anexo Group's score of -0.09 indicating that Avation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Avation pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Avation pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anexo Group pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Avation presently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 78.44%. Given Avation's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Avation is more favorable than Anexo Group.
Anexo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avation. Avation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anexo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.9% of Avation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of Anexo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Avation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Avation beats Anexo Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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