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Next 15 Group (NFG) Competitors

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GBX 269 -3.50 (-1.28%)
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NFG vs. AEP, AT, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, and CLP

Should you be buying Next 15 Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Next 15 Group include Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Ashtead Technology (AT), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), and Clear Leisure (CLP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Next 15 Group vs. Its Competitors

Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Next 15 Group pays out 40.5% 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.

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 1 more articles in the media than Next 15 Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 1 mentions for Next 15 Group. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Next 15 Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Next 15 Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Next 15 Group. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Next 15 Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anglo-Eastern Plantations£436.63M1.17£81.78M£2.24583.27
Next 15 Group£729.81M0.37£61.44M£0.38709.76

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Next 15 Group's net margin of 8.28%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 37.44% beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anglo-Eastern Plantations17.74% 12.46% 7.34%
Next 15 Group 8.28%37.44%9.17%

Next 15 Group has a consensus target price of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 115.61%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Next 15 Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

7.7% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Next 15 Group beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NFG vs. The Competition

MetricNext 15 GroupAdvertising Agencies IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£271.49M£335.59M£3.50B£2.57B
Dividend Yield5.66%5.31%6.68%5.31%
P/E Ratio709.76386.29360.645,395.57
Price / Sales0.3744.37145.6797,513.47
Price / CashN/A9.7616.2327.93
Price / Book1.582.415.139.20
Net Income£61.44M£21.96M£77.77M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.37%0.57%0.30%0.74%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.37%0.95%3.37%
1 Year Performance-40.02%3.02%28.47%190.45%

Next 15 Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NFG
Next 15 Group
1.9357 of 5 stars
GBX 269
-1.3%
GBX 580
+115.6%
-38.3%£271.49M£729.81M709.762,130News Coverage
AEP
Anglo-Eastern Plantations
N/AGBX 1,215
-1.2%
N/A+115.1%£476.95M£436.63M543.0412,671
AT
Ashtead Technology
3.8777 of 5 stars
GBX 373
+3.3%
GBX 646.25
+73.3%
N/A£295.82M£139.68M12.04559High Trading Volume
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 131.52
+0.0%
N/A+38.5%£121.64M-£17.51M-573.07520Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
GMP
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 9.05
flat
N/AN/A£93.53M£540.33M31.12N/A
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M-£2.92M-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39K-13.504Gap Up

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This page (LON:NFG) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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