Anexo Group (ANX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, VP or ANX?

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

Does the media refer more to VP or ANX?

In the previous week, VP had 27 more articles in the media than Anexo Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Anexo Group. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Anexo Group's score of -0.88 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Anexo Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

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

31.5% of VP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Anexo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of VP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.2% of Anexo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer VP or ANX?

VP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 832.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.75%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and 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)	2 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

Is VP or ANX a better dividend stock?

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Anexo Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.

Which has better 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	0.64	-£5.38M	-£13.63	-44.02
Anexo Group	£136.85M	0.41	£9.23M	£8.02	5.98

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%

Summary

VP beats Anexo Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.