Avation (AVAP) Competitors

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

Is NTG or AVAP a better dividend stock?

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 5.0%. 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NTG or AVAP?

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to NTG or AVAP?

In the previous week, Avation had 4 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 1.44 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTG or AVAP?

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

Do analysts rate NTG or AVAP?

Avation has a consensus price target of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 68.75%. Given Avation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NTG or AVAP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northgate	£729.28M	0.00	N/A	£35.50	N/A
Avation	£108.07M	1.24	£23.08M	£22.04	7.26

Is NTG or AVAP 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
Northgate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avation	21.36%	8.11%	2.27%

Summary

Avation beats Northgate on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.