HSS vs. AA4, SDY, AVAP, ANX, OPM, DPA, AHT, AGK, BWO, and REDD
Should you be buying HSS Hire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HSS Hire Group include Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), DP Aircraft I (DPA), Ashtead Group (AHT), Aggreko (AGK), Barloworld (BWO), and Redde Northgate (REDD). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
HSS Hire Group vs. Its Competitors
Amedeo Air Four Plus (LON:AA4) and HSS Hire Group (LON:HSS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
41.5% of Amedeo Air Four Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of HSS Hire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Amedeo Air Four Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of HSS Hire Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amedeo Air Four Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HSS Hire Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Amedeo Air Four Plus pays out 173.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HSS Hire Group pays out -109.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Amedeo Air Four Plus has a net margin of 17.26% compared to HSS Hire Group's net margin of -1.03%. Amedeo Air Four Plus' return on equity of 7.69% beat HSS Hire Group's return on equity.
Amedeo Air Four Plus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HSS Hire Group. HSS Hire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amedeo Air Four Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, HSS Hire Group had 18 more articles in the media than Amedeo Air Four Plus. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for HSS Hire Group and 2 mentions for Amedeo Air Four Plus. Amedeo Air Four Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat HSS Hire Group's score of 0.12 indicating that Amedeo Air Four Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Amedeo Air Four Plus beats HSS Hire Group on 10 of the 14 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
