ASY vs. REDD, ZIG, NTG, VP, SDY, AA4, AVAP, ANX, HSS, and OPM
Should you be buying Andrews Sykes Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Andrews Sykes Group include Redde Northgate (REDD), Zigup (ZIG), Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Speedy Hire (SDY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), and 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and Redde Northgate (LON:REDD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Redde Northgate has a consensus price target of GBX 450, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Redde Northgate's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Redde Northgate is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.
Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.55% compared to Redde Northgate's net margin of 7.73%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.77% beat Redde Northgate's return on equity.
Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redde Northgate has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Redde Northgate received 126 more outperform votes than Andrews Sykes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Redde Northgate an outperform vote.
66.0% of Redde Northgate shares are held by institutional investors. 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Redde Northgate shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Redde Northgate has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Redde 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.
In the previous week, Redde Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Andrews Sykes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Redde Northgate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Redde Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redde Northgate pays out 4,386.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redde Northgate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Redde Northgate beats Andrews Sykes Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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