Anpario (ANP) Competitors

Anpario (LON:ANP) and Calnex Solutions (LON:CLX) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ANP or CLX?

44.1% of Anpario shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Calnex Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Anpario shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Calnex Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ANP or CLX?

Anpario has higher revenue and earnings than Calnex Solutions. Anpario is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calnex Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anpario	£33.50M	2.05	£3.09M	£18.11	22.27
Calnex Solutions	£16.52M	2.64	£40.61K	£0.05	1,084.08

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANP or CLX?

Anpario received 149 more outperform votes than Calnex Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Calnex Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave Anpario an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anpario	Outperform Votes 155 64.58%	Underperform Votes 85 35.42%
Calnex Solutions	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is ANP or CLX a better dividend stock?

Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Calnex Solutions pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Anpario pays out 60.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calnex Solutions pays out 2,212.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Anpario is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer ANP or CLX?

Anpario currently has a consensus price target of GBX 435, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Calnex Solutions has a consensus price target of GBX 115, indicating a potential upside of 134.69%. Given Calnex Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Calnex Solutions is more favorable than Anpario.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anpario	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Calnex Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ANP or CLX more profitable?

Anpario has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Calnex Solutions' net margin of 0.25%. Anpario's return on equity of 8.74% beat Calnex Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anpario	9.23%	8.74%	5.51%
Calnex Solutions	0.25%	0.15%	-1.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, ANP or CLX?

Anpario has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calnex Solutions has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ANP or CLX?

In the previous week, Calnex Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Anpario. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Calnex Solutions and 0 mentions for Anpario. Calnex Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Anpario's score of 0.00 indicating that Calnex Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anpario	Neutral
Calnex Solutions	Positive

Summary

Anpario beats Calnex Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.