Assura (AGR) Competitors

Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Next 15 Group, 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
Next 15 Group	£733.84M	0.53	£60.78M	£0.58	665.52
Assura	£157.80M	7.74	-£28.80M	-£0.01	-3,758.00

Which has more risk & volatility, NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NFG or AGR a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Next 15 Group pays out 2,586.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Assura pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer NFG or AGR?

In the previous week, Next 15 Group and Next 15 Group both had 1 articles in the media. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Assura's score of -1.05 indicating that Next 15 Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Next 15 Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Assura	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NFG or AGR?

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 885, indicating a potential upside of 129.27%. Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 50.67, indicating a potential upside of 34.82%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than Assura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next 15 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is NFG or AGR more profitable?

Next 15 Group has a net margin of 8.28% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.25%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 43.44% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next 15 Group	8.28%	43.44%	9.17%
Assura	-18.25%	-1.88%	2.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NFG or AGR?

Assura received 358 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Next 15 Group	Outperform Votes 13 92.86%	Underperform Votes 1 7.14%
Assura	Outperform Votes 371 67.21%	Underperform Votes 181 32.79%

Summary

Next 15 Group beats Assura on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.