Vianet Group (VNET) Competitors

Appreciate Group (LON:APP) and Vianet Group (LON:VNET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, APP or VNET?

Appreciate Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vianet Group. Appreciate Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vianet 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
Appreciate Group	£120.97M	0.00	£5.78M	£0.03	N/A
Vianet Group	£14.99M	1.46	£791.11K	£2.72	27.59

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APP or VNET?

Vianet Group received 102 more outperform votes than Appreciate Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Appreciate Group an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave Vianet Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Appreciate Group	Outperform Votes 14 82.35%	Underperform Votes 3 17.65%
Vianet Group	Outperform Votes 116 69.46%	Underperform Votes 51 30.54%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of APP or VNET?

76.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Vianet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Appreciate Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vianet Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, APP or VNET?

Appreciate Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vianet Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor APP or VNET?

In the previous week, Vianet Group had 1 more articles in the media than Appreciate Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vianet Group and 0 mentions for Appreciate Group. Appreciate Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vianet Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Appreciate Group	Neutral
Vianet Group	Neutral

Is APP or VNET more profitable?

Vianet Group has a net margin of 5.28% compared to Appreciate Group's net margin of 4.77%. Appreciate Group's return on equity of 42.06% beat Vianet Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Appreciate Group	4.77%	42.06%	2.45%
Vianet Group	5.28%	2.99%	2.22%

Is APP or VNET a better dividend stock?

Appreciate Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Vianet Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Appreciate Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vianet Group pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vianet Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Vianet Group beats Appreciate Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.