REDD vs. VP, ASY, MGAM, FAN, JHD, KLR, RNWH, CHG, ICGC, and WIN
Should you be buying Redde Northgate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redde Northgate include VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Volution Group (FAN), James Halstead (JHD), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Chemring Group (CHG), Irish Continental Group (ICGC), and Wincanton (WIN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Redde Northgate (LON:REDD) and VP (LON:VP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Redde Northgate has higher revenue and earnings than VP. Redde Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Redde Northgate has a net margin of 7.73% compared to VP's net margin of 6.33%. VP's return on equity of 13.63% beat Redde Northgate's return on equity.
In the previous week, VP had 25 more articles in the media than Redde Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for VP and 4 mentions for Redde Northgate. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Redde Northgate's score of 0.01 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Redde Northgate has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Redde Northgate received 47 more outperform votes than VP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.06% of users gave Redde Northgate an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave VP an outperform vote.
Redde Northgate currently has a consensus price target of GBX 450, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. VP has a consensus price target of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 41.79%. Given VP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Redde Northgate.
67.9% of Redde Northgate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of VP shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Redde Northgate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of VP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Redde Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Redde Northgate pays out 4,386.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Redde Northgate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Redde Northgate beats VP on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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