Which has better valuation and earnings, ASY or FERG?

Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Ferguson 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 Andrews Sykes Group £76.50M 2.90 £17.31M £43.20 12.27 Ferguson £31.32B 0.01 £2.10B £1.02 thousand 0.23

Do analysts recommend ASY or VP?

VP has a consensus target price of GBX 686.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.11%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VP is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group. Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Andrews Sykes 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) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ASY or VP?

Andrews Sykes Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VP. VP 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 Andrews Sykes Group £76.50M 2.90 £17.31M £43.20 12.27 VP £368.77M 0.55 -£5.38M -£13.63 N/A

Is ASY or VP more profitable?

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.68% compared to VP's net margin of -1.52%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.18% beat VP's return on equity. Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Andrews Sykes Group 22.68% 33.18% 16.52% VP -1.52% -3.89% 9.45%

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ASY vs. FERG, NTG, GMS, AA4, and VP

Should you buy Andrews Sykes Group stock or one of its competitors? Andrews Sykes Group's main competitors and comparable companies include Ferguson (FERG), Northgate (NTG), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), and VP (VP). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Ferguson?

Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and Ferguson (LON:FERG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Ferguson 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£76.50M	2.90	£17.31M	£43.20	12.27
Ferguson	£31.32B	0.01	£2.10B	£1.02 thousand	0.23

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.283, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.118, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the broader market.

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 337.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 144.2%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 33.3% 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. Ferguson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.55%. Ferguson's return on equity of 35.11% beat Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.68%	33.18%	16.52%
Ferguson	6.55%	35.11%	10.15%

In the previous week, Ferguson had 14 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ferguson and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ferguson's score of -0.23 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
Ferguson	Neutral

Summary

Ferguson beats Andrews Sykes Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Northgate?

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

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
Northgate	Neutral

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northgate pays out 0.5% 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.

Andrews Sykes Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northgate. Northgate 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£76.50M	2.90	£17.31M	£43.20	12.27
Northgate	£729.28M	0.00	N/A	£35.50	N/A

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Northgate's net margin of 0.00%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.18% beat Northgate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.68%	33.18%	16.52%
Northgate	N/A	N/A	N/A

0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group beats Northgate on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Gulf Marine Services?

Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Gulf Marine Services has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Gulf Marine Services 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£76.50M	2.90	£17.31M	£43.20	12.27
Gulf Marine Services	£180.54M	1.13	£48.19M	£1.64	10.79

In the previous week, Gulf Marine Services had 1 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gulf Marine Services and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gulf Marine Services'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
Gulf Marine Services	Neutral

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.283, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Gulf Marine Services has a beta of 0.646, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the broader market.

0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Gulf Marine Services' net margin of 0.31%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.18% beat Gulf Marine Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.68%	33.18%	16.52%
Gulf Marine Services	0.31%	0.14%	5.32%

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group beats Gulf Marine Services on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Amedeo Air Four Plus?

Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and Amedeo Air Four Plus (LON:AA4) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Amedeo Air Four Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Amedeo Air Four Plus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Amedeo Air Four Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Amedeo Air Four Plus 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£76.50M	2.90	£17.31M	£43.20	12.27
Amedeo Air Four Plus	£143.46M	1.31	£25.96M	£8.21	8.82

In the previous week, Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Amedeo Air Four Plus'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
Amedeo Air Four Plus	Neutral

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Amedeo Air Four Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amedeo Air Four Plus pays out 97.4% 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 has a net margin of 22.68% compared to Amedeo Air Four Plus' net margin of 12.69%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.18% beat Amedeo Air Four Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.68%	33.18%	16.52%
Amedeo Air Four Plus	12.69%	8.21%	N/A

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.283, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Amedeo Air Four Plus has a beta of 0.42011246, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group beats Amedeo Air Four Plus on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to VP?

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

Andrews Sykes Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VP. VP 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£76.50M	2.90	£17.31M	£43.20	12.27
VP	£368.77M	0.55	-£5.38M	-£13.63	N/A

In the previous week, VP had 26 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Andrews Sykes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
VP	Neutral

0.1% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of VP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.68% compared to VP's net margin of -1.52%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.18% beat VP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.68%	33.18%	16.52%
VP	-1.52%	-3.89%	9.45%

VP has a consensus target price of GBX 686.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.11%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VP is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andrews Sykes 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 25.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 60.0% 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.

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.283, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.347, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

VP beats Andrews Sykes Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	Andrews Sykes Group	Trading Companies & Distributors Industry	Industrials Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£221.94M	£9.67B	£10.25B	£2.80B
Dividend Yield	4.71%	3.37%	96.75%	6.18%
P/E Ratio	12.27	27.81	25.46	366.17
Price / Sales	2.90	23.57	274.41	89,425.29
Price / Cash	6.00	49.22	23.82	27.89
Price / Book	5.34	3.87	4.81	6.83
Net Income	£17.31M	£381.69M	£616.94M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	-6.98%	0.11%	-0.89%	-0.75%
1 Month Performance	-7.02%	1.72%	-1.83%	16.84%
1 Year Performance	-0.24%	9.23%	3.11%	16.40%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
ASY Andrews Sykes Group	N/A	GBX 530.20 -2.7%	N/A	+4.9%	£221.94M	£76.50M	12.27	500	Gap Up High Trading Volume
FERG Ferguson	N/A	GBX 234.33 flat	N/A	-98.6%	£454.46M	£31.32B	0.23	36,000	Gap Down High Trading Volume
NTG Northgate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	£333.08M	£729.28M	7.04	3,000
GMS Gulf Marine Services	N/A	GBX 18.26 -2.4%	N/A	+11.4%	£210.39M	£180.54M	11.13	5,480	News Coverage
AA4 Amedeo Air Four Plus	N/A	GBX 72.40 flat	N/A	N/A	£188.59M	£143.46M	8.82	N/A

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How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Ferguson?

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ASY or FERG?

Which has better valuation and earnings, ASY or FERG?

Which has more volatility & risk, ASY or FERG?

Is ASY or FERG a better dividend stock?

Is ASY or FERG more profitable?

Does the media prefer ASY or FERG?

Summary

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Northgate?

Does the media refer more to ASY or NTG?

Is ASY or NTG a better dividend stock?

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ASY or NTG?

Is ASY or NTG more profitable?

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ASY or NTG?

Summary

How does Andrews Sykes Group compare to Gulf Marine Services?

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ASY or GMS?

Does the media favor ASY or GMS?

Which has more volatility & risk, ASY or GMS?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASY or GMS?

Is ASY or GMS more profitable?

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Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ASY or AA4?

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ASY or AA4?

Does the media refer more to ASY or AA4?

Is ASY or AA4 a better dividend stock?

Is ASY or AA4 more profitable?

Which has more risk and volatility, ASY or AA4?

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Which has higher earnings and valuation, ASY or VP?

Does the media favor ASY or VP?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASY or VP?

Is ASY or VP more profitable?

Do analysts recommend ASY or VP?

Is ASY or VP a better dividend stock?

Which has more volatility and risk, ASY or VP?

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