ASY vs. ZIG, NTG, VP, AA4, SDY, AVAP, HSS, ANX, OPM, and DPA
Should you be buying Andrews Sykes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Andrews Sykes Group include Zigup (ZIG), Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Avation (AVAP), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Anexo Group (ANX), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), and DP Aircraft I (DPA). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
Andrews Sykes Group vs. Its Competitors
Zigup (LON:ZIG) and Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
64.0% of Zigup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Zigup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Zigup's net margin of 6.82%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 42.18% beat Zigup's return on equity.
Zigup currently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zigup is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.
Zigup has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Zigup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andrews Sykes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Zigup pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Zigup has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zigup had 2 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Zigup and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Andrews Sykes Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Zigup and Andrews Sykes Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ASY) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
