Redde Northgate (REDD) Competitors

Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and Redde Northgate (LON:REDD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend ASY or REDD?

Redde Northgate has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Andrews Sykes Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Redde Northgate is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andrews Sykes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Redde Northgate	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ASY or REDD?

73.4% of Redde Northgate shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Redde Northgate shares are owned by 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.

Is ASY or REDD more profitable?

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 21.53% compared to Andrews Sykes Group's net margin of 7.73%. Redde Northgate's return on equity of 27.23% beat Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	21.53%	27.23%	14.64%
Redde Northgate	7.73%	13.29%	6.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASY or REDD?

Redde Northgate received 126 more outperform votes than Andrews Sykes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Redde Northgate an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%
Redde Northgate	Outperform Votes 175 62.06%	Underperform Votes 107 37.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, ASY or REDD?

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redde Northgate has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ASY or REDD?

Redde Northgate has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Redde Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andrews Sykes 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£83.95M	2.89	£18.08M	£0.43	1,348.60
Redde Northgate	£1.70B	0.51	£131.81M	£0.57	669.30

Does the media favor ASY or REDD?

In the previous week, Redde Northgate had 3 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Redde Northgate and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Redde Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Andrews Sykes Group's score of 0.52 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Positive
Redde Northgate	Positive

Is ASY or REDD a better dividend stock?

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Redde Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,046.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redde Northgate pays out 4,386.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redde Northgate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Redde Northgate beats Andrews Sykes Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.