AVAP vs. ANX, HSS, AA4, SDY, ASY, VP, LORD, BMS, INSE, and CTO
Should you be buying Avation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avation include Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), VP (VP), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Braemar (BMS), Inspired (INSE), and TClarke (CTO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Avation (LON:AVAP) and Anexo Group (LON:ANX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Anexo Group had 3 more articles in the media than Avation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Anexo Group and 0 mentions for Avation. Anexo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Avation's score of 0.00 indicating that Anexo Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avation presently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 113.33%. Given Avation's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Avation is more favorable than Anexo Group.
Avation received 175 more outperform votes than Anexo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.10% of users gave Avation an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Anexo Group an outperform vote.
Anexo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avation. Avation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anexo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anexo Group has a net margin of 12.65% compared to Avation's net margin of -6.02%. Anexo Group's return on equity of 12.76% beat Avation's return on equity.
Avation has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anexo Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
47.8% of Avation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of Anexo Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Avation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group 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.
Avation pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Avation pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anexo Group pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Anexo Group beats Avation on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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