Next 15 Group (NFG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, NFG or AEP?

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

Does the media refer more to NFG or AEP?

In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 1 more articles in the media than Next 15 Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 0 mentions for Next 15 Group. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Anglo-Eastern Plantations'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Next 15 Group	Neutral
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	Neutral

Do analysts prefer NFG or AEP?

Next 15 Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 116.62%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Next 15 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NFG or AEP 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
Next 15 Group	8.28%	37.44%	9.17%
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	17.74%	12.46%	7.34%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NFG or AEP?

Anglo-Eastern Plantations has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Next 15 Group. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, 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
Next 15 Group	£741.75M	0.36	£61.44M	£60.87	4.40
Anglo-Eastern Plantations	£461.13M	0.96	£81.78M	£129.21	6.86

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

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NFG or AEP a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Next 15 Group pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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.

Summary

Next 15 Group beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.