Avation (AVAP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NTG or AVAP?

Avation has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 71.97%. 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

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%

Which has stronger earnings & 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	1.22	£23.08M	£22.04	7.12

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.

Does the media prefer NTG or AVAP?

In the previous week, Avation had 3 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 0.56 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

Summary

Avation beats Northgate on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.