Associated British Engineering (ASBE) Competitors

Northbridge Industrial Services (LON:NBI) and Associated British Engineering (LON:ASBE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is NBI or ASBE more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northbridge Industrial Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Associated British Engineering	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NBI or ASBE?

Northbridge Industrial Services received 90 more outperform votes than Associated British Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.10% of users gave Associated British Engineering an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Northbridge Industrial Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northbridge Industrial Services	Outperform Votes 129 64.50%	Underperform Votes 71 35.50%
Associated British Engineering	Outperform Votes 39 66.10%	Underperform Votes 20 33.90%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NBI or ASBE?

Associated British Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northbridge Industrial Services, 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
Northbridge Industrial Services	£29.46M	0.00	N/A	-£17.30	N/A
Associated British Engineering	£1.19M	0.42	N/A	-£76.30	-0.32

Does the media favor NBI or ASBE?

In the previous week, Northbridge Industrial Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Associated British Engineering'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northbridge Industrial Services	Neutral
Associated British Engineering	Neutral

Summary

Northbridge Industrial Services beats Associated British Engineering on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.