Avation (AVAP) Competitors GBX 158 -3.00 (-1.86%) As of 08/1/2025 11:50 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock AVAP vs. NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, SDY, HSS, ANX, DPA, OPM, and AHTShould you be buying Avation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avation include Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Anexo Group (ANX), 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. Its Competitors Northgate VP Andrews Sykes Group Amedeo Air Four Plus Speedy Hire HSS Hire Group Anexo Group DP Aircraft I 1pm plc (OPM.L) Ashtead Group Northgate (LON:NTG) and Avation (LON:AVAP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations. 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 NorthgateN/A N/A N/A Avation 21.36%8.11%2.27% Does the media favor NTG or AVAP? 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 1.11 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 Do analysts rate NTG or AVAP? Avation has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 70.89%. Given Avation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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) 0.00Avation 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 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 5.1%. 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 & insiders have more ownership in NTG or AVAP? 49.5% of Avation shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Avation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNorthgate£729.28M0.00N/A£35.50N/AAvation£108.07M1.22£23.08M£22.047.17 SummaryAvation beats Northgate on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Avation News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVAP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AVAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart AVAP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAvationRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£132.23M£3.07B£7.61B£3.03BDividend Yield0.00%5.60%4.56%5.02%P/E Ratio7.1718.1725.22176.74Price / Sales1.2263.5798.78264,367.13Price / Cash0.56107.2627.7627.97Price / Book0.441.674.344.54Net Income£23.08M£240.18M£792.92M£5.90B7 Day Performance-2.17%-1.61%-1.84%-0.92%1 Month Performance0.64%0.17%2.35%6.15%1 Year Performance25.37%12.33%29.41%71.63% Avation Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AVAPAvation3.6512 of 5 starsGBX 158-1.9%GBX 270+70.9%+22.8%£132.23M£108.07M7.1723NTGNorthgateN/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000VPVP2.2034 of 5 starsGBX 564+0.7%GBX 832.50+47.6%-11.8%£222.56M£368.77M-41.382,753Trending NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeASYAndrews Sykes GroupN/AGBX 500flatN/A-7.2%£209.46M£78.35M12.11500Gap UpAA4Amedeo Air Four PlusN/AGBX 62.20+0.6%N/A+31.1%£187.77M£150.39M7.18N/ANews CoverageEarnings ReportSDYSpeedy Hire2.8524 of 5 starsGBX 30.89-0.5%GBX 70+126.6%-18.3%£143.54M£427.90M52.693,435HSSHSS Hire GroupN/AGBX 9+0.7%N/A+26.4%£62.20M£215.78M-27.122,000News CoverageANXAnexo GroupN/AGBX 48.51+0.0%N/A-23.8%£56.53M£136.85M6.05963High Trading VolumeDPADP Aircraft IN/AGBX 0.13-3.0%N/A+107.7%£37.68M£1.06B8.36N/AOPM1pm plc (OPM.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap UpAHTAshtead Group3.0621 of 5 starsGBX 5,110+0.8%GBX 6,345+24.2%-8.4%£27.90B£13.67B18.19120Dividend Cut Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Northgate Alternatives VP Alternatives Andrews Sykes Group Alternatives Amedeo Air Four Plus Alternatives Speedy Hire Alternatives HSS Hire Group Alternatives Anexo Group Alternatives DP Aircraft I Alternatives 1pm plc (OPM.L) Alternatives Ashtead Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:AVAP) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersIs Elon's empire crumbling?The Tesla Shock Nobody Sees Coming While headlines scream "Tesla is doomed"... 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