VP vs. ASY, AA4, SDY, AVAP, ANX, HSS, REDD, GFRD, RWA, and XPP
Should you be buying VP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VP include Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Speedy Hire (SDY), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), Redde Northgate (REDD), Galliford Try (GFRD), Robert Walters (RWA), and XP Power (XPP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
VP (LON:VP) and Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
VP received 79 more outperform votes than Andrews Sykes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave VP an outperform vote.
32.6% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of VP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, VP had 23 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Andrews Sykes Group's score of 0.00 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VP has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andrews Sykes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,190.5% 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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 42.86%. Given VP's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VP is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.
Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.55% compared to VP's net margin of 6.33%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 33.77% beat VP's return on equity.
VP has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
VP beats Andrews Sykes Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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