H C Slingsby (SLNG) Competitors

H C Slingsby (LON:SLNG) and Aquila Services Group (LON:AQSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts prefer SLNG or AQSG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H C Slingsby	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Aquila Services Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SLNG or AQSG?

H C Slingsby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aquila Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H C Slingsby	£22.05M	0.12	N/A	-£4.64	-53.88
Aquila Services Group	£12.30M	0.21	N/A	£0.01	650.00

Is SLNG or AQSG more profitable?

Aquila Services Group has a net margin of 2.78% compared to H C Slingsby's net margin of 1.48%. H C Slingsby's return on equity of 7.19% beat Aquila Services Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H C Slingsby	1.48%	7.19%	1.96%
Aquila Services Group	2.78%	5.46%	4.15%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SLNG or AQSG?

0.6% of Aquila Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.3% of H C Slingsby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 80.6% of Aquila Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SLNG or AQSG?

In the previous week, Aquila Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat H C Slingsby's score of -0.34 indicating that Aquila Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
H C Slingsby	Neutral
Aquila Services Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SLNG or AQSG?

Aquila Services Group received 17 more outperform votes than H C Slingsby when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave H C Slingsby an outperform vote while only 64.06% of users gave Aquila Services Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H C Slingsby	Outperform Votes 24 64.86%	Underperform Votes 13 35.14%
Aquila Services Group	Outperform Votes 41 64.06%	Underperform Votes 23 35.94%

Which has more risk and volatility, SLNG or AQSG?

H C Slingsby has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aquila Services Group has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SLNG or AQSG a better dividend stock?

H C Slingsby pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Aquila Services Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. H C Slingsby pays out -172.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aquila Services Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Aquila Services Group beats H C Slingsby on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.