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Avation (AVAP) Competitors

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GBX 150.50 +1.50 (+1.01%)
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AVAP vs. NTG, ASY, VP, AA4, SDY, ANX, HSS, DPA, OPM, and AHT

Should you be buying Avation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avation include Northgate (NTG), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), VP (VP), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), DP Aircraft I (DPA), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), and Ashtead Group (AHT). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.

Avation vs.

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

Avation has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northgate£729.28M0.00N/A£35.50N/A
Avation£108.07M1.17£23.08M£22.046.83

Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Avation pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avation pays out 36.3% 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.

In the previous week, Avation had 2 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Northgate's score of 0.00 indicating that Avation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northgate Neutral
Avation Positive

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
NorthgateN/A N/A N/A
Avation 21.36%8.11%2.27%

49.5% of Avation shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Avation shares are held by company 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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NorthgateOutperform Votes
424
77.09%
Underperform Votes
126
22.91%
AvationOutperform Votes
202
72.40%
Underperform Votes
77
27.60%

Avation has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 79.40%. Given Avation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Avation is more favorable than Northgate.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AVAP vs. The Competition

MetricAvationRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£125.95M£2.60B£7.20B£2.56B
Dividend Yield0.00%5.79%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio6.8315.0520.94133.01
Price / Sales1.1758.9681.34226,951.99
Price / Cash0.56107.2626.9028.11
Price / Book0.421.483.754.51
Net Income£23.08M£240.18M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance-0.99%-0.29%2.70%3.27%
1 Month Performance4.88%7.66%1.84%9.41%
1 Year Performance33.19%0.32%14.36%114.49%

Avation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVAP
Avation
3.2378 of 5 stars
GBX 150.50
+1.0%
GBX 270
+79.4%
+32.4%£125.95M£108.07M6.8323Gap Up
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 519.66
+3.3%
N/A-12.3%£217.69M£78.35M12.58500Gap Up
VP
VP
2.0698 of 5 stars
GBX 542
+4.2%
GBX 905
+67.0%
-14.1%£213.88M£368.77M-39.762,753Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 57.80
flat
N/A+50.8%£174.49M£150.39M6.68N/ANews Coverage
SDY
Speedy Hire
3.5651 of 5 stars
GBX 20.65
-1.9%
GBX 70
+239.0%
-28.9%£95.96M£427.90M35.223,435
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 61
+19.6%
N/A-9.5%£71.08M£136.85M7.60963
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 6.84
-4.7%
N/A-14.0%£47.27M£215.78M-20.612,000Gap Down
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.11
flat
N/A+69.2%£32.75M£1.06B7.27N/AGap Up
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
AHT
Ashtead Group
3.2276 of 5 stars
GBX 3,894
-1.2%
GBX 6,840
+75.7%
-31.7%£21.26B£13.67B13.86120Dividend Cut
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