Avation (AVAP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVAP or NTG?

Northgate received 222 more outperform votes than Avation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.09% of users gave Northgate an outperform vote while only 72.40% of users gave Avation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avation	Outperform Votes 202 72.40%	Underperform Votes 77 27.60%
Northgate	Outperform Votes 424 77.09%	Underperform Votes 126 22.91%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVAP or NTG?

49.5% of Avation shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Avation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AVAP or NTG more profitable?

Avation has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Northgate's net margin of 0.00%. Avation's return on equity of 8.11% beat Northgate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avation	21.36%	8.11%	2.27%
Northgate	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer AVAP or NTG?

Avation currently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 82.43%. Given Avation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Avation is more favorable than Northgate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northgate	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AVAP or NTG a better dividend stock?

Avation pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Avation pays out 36.3% 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.

Does the media refer more to AVAP or NTG?

In the previous week, Avation had 1 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Northgate's score of 0.00 indicating that Avation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avation	Positive
Northgate	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, AVAP or NTG?

Avation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northgate. Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avation, 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
Avation	£108.07M	1.15	£23.08M	£22.04	6.72
Northgate	£729.28M	0.00	N/A	£35.50	N/A

Summary

Avation beats Northgate on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.