Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

VP (LON:VP) and Anexo Group (LON:ANX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VP or ANX?

VP received 105 more outperform votes than Anexo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Anexo Group an outperform vote while only 59.17% of users gave VP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VP	Outperform Votes 129 59.17%	Underperform Votes 89 40.83%
Anexo Group	Outperform Votes 24 70.59%	Underperform Votes 10 29.41%

Do analysts prefer VP or ANX?

VP presently has a consensus target price of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 57.02%. Given VP's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Anexo Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Anexo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VP or ANX?

31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Anexo Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of VP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VP or ANX?

Anexo Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VP. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anexo 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
VP	£368.69M	0.65	-£5.29M	-£0.13	-4,653.85
Anexo Group	£140.30M	0.59	£9.46M	£0.08	875.00

Is VP or ANX more profitable?

Anexo Group has a net margin of 6.75% compared to VP's net margin of -1.43%. Anexo Group's return on equity of 5.97% beat VP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VP	-1.43%	-3.23%	9.45%
Anexo Group	6.75%	5.97%	7.47%

Does the media favor VP or ANX?

In the previous week, VP had 22 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Anexo Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Anexo Group's score of 0.00 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anexo Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is VP or ANX a better dividend stock?

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. VP pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anexo Group pays out 2,500.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, VP or ANX?

VP has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anexo Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VP beats Anexo Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.