Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

Anexo Group (LON:ANX) and VP (LON:VP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend ANX or VP?

VP has a consensus price target of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 53.39%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Anexo Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anexo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
VP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer ANX or VP?

In the previous week, VP had 27 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Anexo Group. Anexo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VP's score of -0.02 indicating that Anexo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Anexo Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ANX or VP a better dividend stock?

Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Anexo Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VP pays out -286.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. VP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ANX or VP?

Anexo Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VP. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anexo Group, 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
Anexo Group	£136.85M	0.49	£9.23M	£8.02	7.15
VP	£368.77M	0.63	-£5.38M	-£13.63	-43.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANX or VP?

VP received 106 more outperform votes than Anexo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Anexo Group an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave VP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anexo Group	Outperform Votes 24 70.59%	Underperform Votes 10 29.41%
VP	Outperform Votes 130 59.36%	Underperform Votes 89 40.64%

Which has more risk & volatility, ANX or VP?

Anexo Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ANX or VP more profitable?

Anexo Group has a net margin of 6.75% compared to VP's net margin of -1.46%. Anexo Group's return on equity of 5.88% beat VP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anexo Group	6.75%	5.88%	7.47%
VP	-1.46%	-3.50%	9.45%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ANX or VP?

44.0% of Anexo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of VP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

VP beats Anexo Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.