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Speedy Hire (SDY) Competitors

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GBX 30.70 -0.15 (-0.49%)
(As of 12/4/2024 ET)

SDY vs. NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, AVAP, ANX, HSS, OPM, DPA, 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), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), DP Aircraft I (DPA), and Ashtead Group (AHT). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.

Speedy Hire vs.

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

Speedy Hire pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Speedy Hire pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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£421.50M0.34£2.70M£0.013,070.00
Northgate£729.28M0.00N/A£35.50N/A

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 1.50% beat Northgate's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Speedy Hire0.64% 1.50% 3.06%
Northgate N/A N/A N/A

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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Speedy Hire received 42 more outperform votes than Northgate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.09% of users gave Northgate an outperform vote while only 77.02% of users gave Speedy Hire an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Speedy HireOutperform Votes
466
77.02%
Underperform Votes
139
22.98%
NorthgateOutperform Votes
424
77.09%
Underperform Votes
126
22.91%

Speedy Hire currently has a consensus target price of GBX 70, suggesting a potential upside of 128.01%. Given Speedy Hire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 1.17 beat Northgate's score of 0.00 indicating that Speedy Hire is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Speedy Hire Positive
Northgate Neutral

Summary

Speedy Hire beats Northgate on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SDY vs. The Competition

MetricSpeedy HireRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£141.79M£2.65B£4.13B£1.38B
Dividend Yield7.12%5.31%4.40%11.79%
P/E Ratio3,070.00371.29435.041,542.80
Price / Sales0.3459.21427.30373,322.34
Price / Cash192.4684.1927.2633.79
Price / Book0.812.193.652.92
Net Income£2.70M£190.23M£195.95M£126.74M
7 Day Performance1.82%-1.29%0.79%0.58%
1 Month Performance-6.97%1.50%1.17%-0.08%
1 Year Performance-0.49%-1.97%29.29%104.03%

Speedy Hire Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SDY
Speedy Hire
4.1131 of 5 stars
GBX 30.70
-0.5%
GBX 70
+128.0%
+2.2%£141.79M£421.50M3,070.003,435Positive News
NTG
Northgate
N/AGBX 250
-3.1%
N/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
VP
VP
2.2873 of 5 stars
GBX 600
+0.8%
GBX 950
+58.3%
-6.7%£236.76M£368.69M-4,615.382,753High Trading Volume
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 518.85
-1.1%
N/A-11.6%£217.19M£78.29M1,262.20500
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 54
+0.4%
N/A+27.4%£164.11MN/A312.94N/A
AVAP
Avation
3.1362 of 5 stars
GBX 153.50
-3.5%
GBX 255
+66.1%
+22.2%£108.80M£92.40M754.7623Positive News
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 77.70
+1.7%
N/A+35.1%£91.69M£140.30M937.56963Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 5.70
+2.8%
N/A-53.1%£40.18M£354.33M653.402,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AGBX 24
-1.4%
N/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.05
-13.3%
N/A-13.3%£124,000.00£8.71M-5.83N/APositive News
Gap Down
AHT
Ashtead Group
0.9084 of 5 stars
GBX 6,276
+0.1%
GBX 5,537.86
-11.8%
+29.7%£27.41B£10.92B2,371.32120Dividend Cut

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This page (LON:SDY) was last updated on 12/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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