HSS vs. VP, ASY, AA4, SDY, AVAP, ANX, DPA, OPM, AHT, and AGK
Should you be buying HSS Hire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSS Hire Group include VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), DP Aircraft I (DPA), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), Ashtead Group (AHT), and Aggreko (AGK). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
HSS Hire Group vs. Its Competitors
HSS Hire Group (LON:HSS) and VP (LON:VP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
HSS Hire Group has a net margin of -1.03% compared to VP's net margin of -1.46%. HSS Hire Group's return on equity of -2.00% beat VP's return on equity.
HSS Hire Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. HSS Hire Group pays out -301.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VP pays out -286.1% 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. HSS Hire Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HSS Hire Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VP. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSS Hire Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HSS Hire Group has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VP had 41 more articles in the media than HSS Hire Group. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for VP and 2 mentions for HSS Hire Group. HSS Hire Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat VP's score of 0.03 indicating that HSS Hire Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.3% of HSS Hire Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 41.6% of HSS Hire Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of VP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
VP has a consensus target price of GBX 832.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.10%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than HSS Hire Group.
Summary
HSS Hire Group and VP tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HSS) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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