Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

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

Is ANX or VP more profitable?

Anexo Group has a net margin of 6.75% compared to VP's net margin of -1.46%. Anexo Group's return on equity of 5.88% beat VP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anexo Group	6.75%	5.88%	7.47%
VP	-1.46%	-3.50%	9.45%

Is ANX or VP a better dividend stock?

Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Anexo Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VP pays out -286.1% 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. VP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to ANX or VP?

In the previous week, VP had 19 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Anexo Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Anexo Group's score of 0.00 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Anexo Group	Neutral
VP	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, ANX or VP?

Anexo Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Anexo Group	£136.85M	0.54	£9.23M	£8.02	7.98
VP	£368.77M	0.61	-£5.38M	-£13.63	-41.82

Which has more risk and volatility, ANX or VP?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ANX or VP?

44.0% of Anexo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of VP shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts prefer ANX or VP?

VP has a consensus price target of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Anexo Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anexo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
VP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANX or VP?

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

Summary

VP beats Anexo Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.