Anpario (ANP) Competitors

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

Is CLX or ANP a better dividend stock?

Calnex Solutions pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Anpario pays out 6,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CLX or ANP?

Calnex Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Anpario.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calnex Solutions	£16.27M	3.86	£3.10M	N/A	N/A
Anpario	£32.72M	2.35	£3.02M	£0.18	2,525.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CLX or ANP?

48.4% of Calnex Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Anpario shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Calnex Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Anpario shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CLX or ANP 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 7.69% beat Calnex Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calnex Solutions	0.25%	0.15%	-1.02%
Anpario	9.23%	7.69%	5.51%

Do analysts rate CLX or ANP?

Calnex Solutions currently has a consensus price target of GBX 115, indicating a potential upside of 60.28%. Anpario has a consensus price target of GBX 435, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given Calnex Solutions' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Calnex Solutions is more favorable than Anpario.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLX or ANP?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CLX or ANP?

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

Does the media prefer CLX or ANP?

In the previous week, Anpario had 5 more articles in the media than Calnex Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Anpario and 0 mentions for Calnex Solutions. Anpario's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Calnex Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Anpario is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Calnex Solutions	Neutral
Anpario	Positive

Summary

Anpario beats Calnex Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.