Zigup (ZIG) Competitors

Zigup (LON:ZIG) and Aggreko (LON:AGK) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Is ZIG or AGK more profitable?

Zigup has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Aggreko's net margin of 0.00%. Zigup's return on equity of 12.09% beat Aggreko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.09%	5.59%
Aggreko	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend ZIG or AGK?

Zigup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 15.04%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Zigup is more favorable than Aggreko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zigup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Aggreko	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ZIG or AGK?

85.4% of Zigup shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Zigup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ZIG or AGK?

Zigup has higher revenue and earnings than Aggreko. Aggreko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zigup, 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
Zigup	£1.82B	0.41	£123.98M	£55.94	6.06
Aggreko	£1.36B	0.00	N/A	-£43.50	N/A

Does the media refer more to ZIG or AGK?

In the previous week, Zigup had 4 more articles in the media than Aggreko. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zigup and 0 mentions for Aggreko. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Aggreko's score of 0.00 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Neutral
Aggreko	Neutral

Is ZIG or AGK a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Aggreko pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. Zigup pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aggreko pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Zigup beats Aggreko on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.