SDY vs. NTG, VP, ASY, AA4, AVAP, ANX, HSS, OPM, DPA, and AHT
Should you be buying Speedy Hire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Speedy Hire include Northgate (NTG), VP (VP), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avation (AVAP), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), DP Aircraft I (DPA), and Ashtead Group (AHT). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.
Northgate (LON:NTG) and Speedy Hire (LON:SDY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Northgate has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Northgate's net margin of -1.24%. Speedy Hire's return on equity of 0.00% beat Northgate's return on equity.
Speedy Hire received 41 more outperform votes than Northgate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.09% of users gave Northgate an outperform vote while only 76.99% of users gave Speedy Hire an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Northgate had 1 more articles in the media than Speedy Hire. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northgate and 0 mentions for Speedy Hire. Northgate's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Speedy Hire's score of 0.00 indicating that Speedy Hire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northgate has higher revenue and earnings than Speedy Hire. Speedy Hire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northgate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Speedy Hire pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Speedy Hire pays out -30,000.0% 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. Speedy Hire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
76.9% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Speedy Hire shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Northgate beats Speedy Hire on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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