DPA vs. AHT, AGK, BWO, REDD, NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, SDY, and AVAP
Should you be buying DP Aircraft I stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DP Aircraft I include Ashtead Group (AHT), Aggreko (AGK), Barloworld (BWO), Redde Northgate (REDD), Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), and Avation (AVAP). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
DP Aircraft I (LON:DPA) and Ashtead Group (LON:AHT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Ashtead Group received 688 more outperform votes than DP Aircraft I when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.76% of users gave DP Aircraft I an outperform vote while only 73.29% of users gave Ashtead Group an outperform vote.
Ashtead Group has higher revenue and earnings than DP Aircraft I. DP Aircraft I is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DP Aircraft I has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of DP Aircraft I shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Ashtead Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of DP Aircraft I shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ashtead Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ashtead Group has a net margin of 15.17% compared to DP Aircraft I's net margin of -28.75%. Ashtead Group's return on equity of 25.67% beat DP Aircraft I's return on equity.
Ashtead Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,970.63, suggesting a potential downside of 9.79%. Given Ashtead Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ashtead Group is more favorable than DP Aircraft I.
In the previous week, Ashtead Group had 3 more articles in the media than DP Aircraft I. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashtead Group and 0 mentions for DP Aircraft I. Ashtead Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat DP Aircraft I's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ashtead Group beats DP Aircraft I on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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