Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and 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	£368.77M	0.58	-£5.38M	-£13.63	-39.62
Anexo Group	£136.85M	0.49	£9.23M	£8.02	7.13

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 rate VP or ANX?

VP presently has a consensus price target of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 75.93%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, VP or ANX?

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

Do institutionals & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is VP or ANX 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
VP	-1.46%	-3.50%	9.45%
Anexo Group	6.75%	5.88%	7.47%

Is VP or ANX a better dividend stock?

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. VP pays out -286.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anexo Group pays out 24.9% 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 favor VP or ANX?

In the previous week, VP had 43 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Anexo Group. VP's average media sentiment score of -0.13 beat Anexo Group's score of -1.04 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anexo Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

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