Next 15 Group (NFG) 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, AEP or NFG?

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.

Is AEP or NFG a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media prefer AEP or NFG?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEP or NFG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£436.63M	1.17	£81.78M	£2.24	583.27
Next 15 Group	£729.81M	0.37	£61.44M	£0.38	709.76

Is AEP or NFG more profitable?

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 Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%
Next 15 Group	8.28%	37.44%	9.17%

Do analysts prefer AEP or NFG?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AEP or NFG?

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.