Value and Indexed Property Income (VIP) Competitors

DX (Group) (LON:DX) and Value and Indexed Property Income (LON:VIP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, DX or VIP?

DX (Group) has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value and Indexed Property Income has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DX or VIP?

DX (Group) has higher revenue and earnings than Value and Indexed Property Income. Value and Indexed Property Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DX (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
DX (Group)	£471.20M	0.00	£22.80M	£0.04	N/A
Value and Indexed Property Income	-£2.55M	-30.66	-£7.70M	-£0.18	-1,023.30

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DX or VIP?

55.8% of DX (Group) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Value and Indexed Property Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of DX (Group) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.1% of Value and Indexed Property Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer DX or VIP?

In the previous week, DX (Group) had 3 more articles in the media than Value and Indexed Property Income. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DX (Group) and 3 mentions for Value and Indexed Property Income. Value and Indexed Property Income's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat DX (Group)'s score of -0.21 indicating that Value and Indexed Property Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DX (Group)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Value and Indexed Property Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DX or VIP a better dividend stock?

DX (Group) pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Value and Indexed Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. DX (Group) pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Value and Indexed Property Income pays out -7,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Value and Indexed Property Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend DX or VIP?

Given DX (Group)'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DX (Group) is more favorable than Value and Indexed Property Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DX (Group)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Value and Indexed Property Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is DX or VIP more profitable?

DX (Group) has a net margin of 4.84% compared to Value and Indexed Property Income's net margin of 0.00%. DX (Group)'s return on equity of 36.77% beat Value and Indexed Property Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DX (Group)	4.84%	36.77%	8.00%
Value and Indexed Property Income	N/A	-7.81%	-1.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DX or VIP?

DX (Group) received 37 more outperform votes than Value and Indexed Property Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave DX (Group) an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave Value and Indexed Property Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DX (Group)	Outperform Votes 153 64.56%	Underperform Votes 84 35.44%
Value and Indexed Property Income	Outperform Votes 116 57.71%	Underperform Votes 85 42.29%

Summary

DX (Group) beats Value and Indexed Property Income on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.