Anpario (ANP) Competitors

Anpario (LON:ANP) and Calnex Solutions (LON:CLX) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is ANP or CLX a better dividend stock?

Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Calnex Solutions pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Anpario pays out 60.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calnex Solutions pays out 2,212.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Anpario is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate ANP or CLX?

Anpario presently has a consensus target price of GBX 435, indicating a potential downside of 6.05%. Calnex Solutions has a consensus target price of GBX 115, indicating a potential upside of 92.38%. Given Calnex Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calnex Solutions is more favorable than Anpario.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anpario	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Calnex Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ANP or CLX?

Anpario has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calnex Solutions has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANP or CLX?

Anpario received 151 more outperform votes than Calnex Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Calnex Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.85% of users gave Anpario an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Anpario	Outperform Votes 155 64.85%	Underperform Votes 84 35.15%
Calnex Solutions	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ANP or CLX?

44.1% of Anpario shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Calnex Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Anpario shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Calnex Solutions 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.

Does the media favor ANP or CLX?

In the previous week, Anpario had 1 more articles in the media than Calnex Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anpario and 0 mentions for Calnex Solutions. Anpario's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Calnex Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Anpario is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anpario	Neutral
Calnex Solutions	Neutral

Is ANP or CLX more profitable?

Anpario has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Calnex Solutions' net margin of 0.25%. Anpario's return on equity of 8.74% beat Calnex Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anpario	9.23%	8.74%	5.51%
Calnex Solutions	0.25%	0.15%	-1.02%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ANP or CLX?

Anpario has higher revenue and earnings than Calnex Solutions. Anpario is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calnex Solutions, 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
Anpario	£33.50M	2.36	£3.09M	£18.11	25.57
Calnex Solutions	£16.52M	3.21	£40.61K	£0.05	1,322.53

Summary

Anpario beats Calnex Solutions on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.