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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.
Speedy Hire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northgate. Speedy Hire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northgate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Speedy Hire pays out -1,083.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northgate pays out 0.5% 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. Speedy Hire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
58.6% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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. Speedy Hire's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northgate'saverage media sentiment score.
Speedy Hire currently has a consensus price target of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 163.16%. Given Speedy Hire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Speedy Hire is more favorable than Northgate.
Summary
Speedy Hire beats Northgate on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SDY) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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