Andrews Sykes Group (ASY) Competitors

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

Is ZIG or ASY a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Zigup pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 63.0% 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. Zigup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ZIG or ASY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zigup	£1.82B	0.44	£123.98M	£55.94	6.37
Andrews Sykes Group	£78.35M	2.73	£17.31M	£41.29	12.37

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZIG or ASY?

85.4% of Zigup shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Zigup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ZIG or ASY?

In the previous week, Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Andrews Sykes Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Neutral
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZIG or ASY?

Andrews Sykes Group received 49 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zigup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zigup	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%

Do analysts recommend ZIG or ASY?

Zigup presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 9.40%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zigup is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zigup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Andrews Sykes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ZIG or ASY more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.09%	5.59%
Andrews Sykes Group	22.10%	42.18%	16.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, ZIG or ASY?

Zigup has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zigup beats Andrews Sykes Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.