Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ASY or ANX?

Andrews Sykes Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Anexo Group. Anexo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andrews Sykes 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
Andrews Sykes Group	£78.35M	2.78	£17.31M	£41.29	12.58
Anexo Group	£136.85M	0.43	£9.23M	£8.02	6.26

Is ASY or ANX a better dividend stock?

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 63.0% 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.

Is ASY or ANX more profitable?

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Anexo Group's net margin of 6.75%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 42.18% beat Anexo Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.10%	42.18%	16.52%
Anexo Group	6.75%	5.88%	7.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, ASY or ANX?

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anexo Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ASY or ANX?

In the previous week, Andrews Sykes Group had 2 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group and 0 mentions for Anexo Group. Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Anexo Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Positive
Anexo Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASY or ANX?

Andrews Sykes Group received 25 more outperform votes than Anexo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Anexo Group an outperform vote while only 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%
Anexo Group	Outperform Votes 24 70.59%	Underperform Votes 10 29.41%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ASY or ANX?

44.0% of Anexo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group beats Anexo Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.