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Avation (AVAP) Competitors

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GBX 162.50 +0.50 (+0.31%)
As of 11:49 AM Eastern

AVAP vs. NTG, VP, ASY, 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), VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), 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. Its Competitors

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

Avation has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 66.15%. 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)
0.00
Avation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Avation had 5 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 1.08 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

49.5% of Avation shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Avation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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£108.07M1.26£23.08M£22.047.37

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 4.9%. 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.

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%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£136.00M£3.03B£7.59B£3.00B
Dividend Yield0.00%5.60%4.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.3717.9924.49150.91
Price / Sales1.2664.05117.77314,545.51
Price / Cash0.56107.2627.4527.97
Price / Book0.451.664.414.59
Net Income£23.08M£240.18M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.83%1.36%0.77%4.79%
1 Month Performance10.17%4.23%4.77%8.35%
1 Year Performance21.27%14.29%29.08%79.51%

Avation Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVAP
Avation
3.9493 of 5 stars
GBX 162.50
+0.3%
GBX 270
+66.2%
+24.6%£136.00M£108.07M7.3723Positive News
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
VP
VP
2.3138 of 5 stars
GBX 604
+0.7%
GBX 905
+49.8%
-13.9%£238.35M£368.77M-44.312,753Trending News
High Trading Volume
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 539
+1.2%
N/A-1.4%£225.80M£78.35M13.05500Positive News
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 57.80
+0.2%
N/A+23.7%£174.49M£150.39M6.68N/A
SDY
Speedy Hire
2.9313 of 5 stars
GBX 28.60
-5.0%
GBX 70
+144.8%
-24.2%£132.90M£427.90M48.783,435
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 66
flat
N/A+5.8%£76.91M£136.85M8.23963
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 9.13
+0.9%
N/A+24.4%£63.12M£215.78M-27.532,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.13
flat
N/A+92.3%£36.23M£1.06B8.04N/A
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
AHT
Ashtead Group
3.6299 of 5 stars
GBX 4,740
+0.6%
GBX 6,345
+33.9%
-2.4%£25.88B£13.67B16.87120Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:AVAP) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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