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Speedy Hire (SDY) Competitors

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GBX 31 -0.15 (-0.48%)
As of 07/4/2025

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NorthgateN/A N/A N/A
Speedy Hire 0.64%1.51%3.06%

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.

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

In the previous week, Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Speedy Hire'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Northgate Neutral
Speedy Hire Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northgate£729.28M0.00N/A£35.50N/A
Speedy Hire£427.90M0.34£2.74M£0.5952.88

Summary

Speedy Hire beats Northgate on 10 of the 13 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£144.05M£2.95B£7.52B£2.96B
Dividend Yield13.25%5.79%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio52.8817.2324.99147.88
Price / Sales0.3463.52118.75258,917.23
Price / Cash192.46107.2627.4527.97
Price / Book0.811.624.364.61
Net Income£2.74M£240.18M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance8.96%1.50%2.18%1.04%
1 Month Performance22.05%4.45%5.72%5.12%
1 Year Performance-13.89%13.09%31.80%80.82%

Speedy Hire Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDY
Speedy Hire
3.0325 of 5 stars
GBX 31
-0.5%
GBX 70
+125.8%
-12.9%£144.05M£427.90M52.883,435
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
VP
VP
2.141 of 5 stars
GBX 624
+0.6%
GBX 905
+45.0%
-12.8%£246.24M£368.77M-45.782,753Trending News
High Trading Volume
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 521
+1.2%
N/A-7.6%£218.26M£78.35M12.62500
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 57.20
-0.5%
N/A+29.4%£172.68M£150.39M6.61N/A
AVAP
Avation
3.3646 of 5 stars
GBX 155.50
flat
GBX 270
+73.6%
+20.4%£130.14M£108.07M7.0623News Coverage
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 67.72
-0.4%
N/A+4.7%£78.91M£136.85M8.44963
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 7.32
-5.1%
N/A+5.0%£50.59M£215.78M-22.062,000News Coverage
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.12
-4.0%
N/A+84.6%£34.78M£1.06B7.72N/AGap Up
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
AHT
Ashtead Group
3.8169 of 5 stars
GBX 4,419
+2.1%
GBX 6,345
+43.6%
-8.1%£24.13B£13.67B15.73120News Coverage
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This page (LON:SDY) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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