REDD vs. VP, ASY, FAN, MGAM, JHD, KLR, WIN, RNWH, TYMN, and ICGC
Should you be buying Redde Northgate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redde Northgate include VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Volution Group (FAN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), James Halstead (JHD), Keller Group (KLR), Wincanton (WIN), Renew (RNWH), Tyman (TYMN), and Irish Continental Group (ICGC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Redde Northgate (LON:REDD) and VP (LON:VP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Redde Northgate has higher revenue and earnings than VP. Redde Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Redde Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Redde Northgate pays out 4,386.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VP pays out 6,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redde Northgate is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Redde Northgate presently has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 16.73%. VP has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 47.29%. Given VP's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Redde Northgate.
Redde Northgate has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Redde Northgate received 47 more outperform votes than VP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.06% of users gave Redde Northgate an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave VP an outperform vote.
73.4% of Redde Northgate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Redde Northgate shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.2% of VP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Redde Northgate has a net margin of 7.73% compared to VP's net margin of 6.33%. VP's return on equity of 13.63% beat Redde Northgate's return on equity.
In the previous week, VP had 47 more articles in the media than Redde Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Redde Northgate. Redde Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat VP's score of -0.09 indicating that Redde Northgate is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Redde Northgate beats VP on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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