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Speedy Hire (SDY) Competitors

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GBX 30 -0.10 (-0.33%)
As of 08/8/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

SDY vs. NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, AVAP, HSS, ANX, 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), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Anexo Group (ANX), 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

Speedy Hire (LON:SDY) and Northgate (LON:NTG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

81.0% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Speedy Hire had 1 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Speedy Hire and 0 mentions for Northgate. Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Speedy Hire's score of -1.14 indicating that Northgate is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Speedy Hire Negative
Northgate Neutral

Speedy Hire pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. 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. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Speedy Hire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 133.33%. Given Speedy Hire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Speedy Hire is more favorable than Northgate.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Speedy Hire
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Northgate
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Speedy Hire0.64% 1.51% 3.06%
Northgate N/A N/A N/A

Speedy Hire has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Speedy Hire£427.90M0.33£2.74M£0.5951.17
Northgate£729.28M0.00N/A£35.50N/A

Summary

Speedy Hire beats Northgate on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SDY vs. The Competition

MetricSpeedy HireRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£139.41M£3.10B£7.59B£3.07B
Dividend Yield13.25%5.60%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio51.1718.2124.98170.60
Price / Sales0.3363.3299.15303,757.13
Price / Cash192.46107.2627.9827.96
Price / Book0.781.674.284.52
Net Income£2.74M£240.18M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.15%1.67%0.97%1.24%
1 Month Performance4.90%1.18%1.33%3.63%
1 Year Performance-16.90%14.97%33.77%58.43%

Speedy Hire Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDY
Speedy Hire
3.1983 of 5 stars
GBX 30
-0.3%
GBX 70
+133.3%
-20.0%£139.41M£427.90M51.173,435News Coverage
Negative News
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
VP
VP
2.1903 of 5 stars
GBX 571
+4.2%
GBX 832.50
+45.8%
-12.1%£225.32M£368.77M-41.892,753Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 520
+4.0%
N/A-3.9%£217.84M£78.35M12.59500Gap Down
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 60
+1.0%
N/A+37.4%£181.13M£150.39M6.93N/ANews Coverage
AVAP
Avation
3.6313 of 5 stars
GBX 161.50
+0.3%
GBX 270
+67.2%
+22.2%£135.16M£108.07M7.3323News Coverage
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 9
-0.6%
N/A+28.6%£62.20M£215.78M-27.122,000News Coverage
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 48.50
+1.0%
N/A-38.3%£56.51M£136.85M6.05963High Trading Volume
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.13
-0.7%
N/A+104.6%£38.84M£1.06B8.62N/A
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
AHT
Ashtead Group
3.2596 of 5 stars
GBX 5,078
-0.4%
GBX 6,345
+25.0%
-2.3%£27.73B£13.67B18.07120Dividend Cut

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