Zigup (ZIG) Competitors

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

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 prefer ZIG or AGK?

Zigup presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZIG or AGK?

85.4% of Zigup shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Zigup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ZIG or AGK?

In the previous week, Zigup had 3 more articles in the media than Aggreko. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zigup and 0 mentions for Aggreko. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.45 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZIG or AGK?

Aggreko received 297 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.21% of users gave Aggreko an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zigup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zigup	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Aggreko	Outperform Votes 297 48.21%	Underperform Votes 319 51.79%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.39	£123.98M	£55.94	5.69
Aggreko	£1.36B	0.00	N/A	-£43.50	N/A

Is ZIG or AGK a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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 16 factors compared between the two stocks.