SDY vs. NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, AVAP, ANX, HSS, DPA, OPM, and AHT
Should you be buying Speedy Hire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Speedy Hire include Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), DP Aircraft I (DPA), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), and Ashtead Group (AHT). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
Speedy Hire vs. Its Competitors
Northgate (LON:NTG) and Speedy Hire (LON:SDY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Speedy Hire pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Speedy Hire pays out 511.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Speedy Hire has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Northgate's net margin of 0.00%. Speedy Hire's return on equity of 1.51% beat Northgate's return on equity.
Speedy Hire has a consensus target price of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 125.81%. Given Speedy Hire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Speedy Hire is more favorable than Northgate.
In the previous week, Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Speedy Hire'saverage media sentiment score.
81.0% of Speedy Hire shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Speedy Hire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Speedy Hire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northgate. Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Speedy Hire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Speedy Hire beats Northgate on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SDY) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff