Andrews Sykes Group (ASY) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ASY or ZIG?

Zigup has higher revenue and earnings than Andrews Sykes Group. Zigup 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	£78.29M	2.78	£17.30M	£0.41	1,268.29
Zigup	£1.83B	0.44	£125.02M	£0.54	669.44

Is ASY or ZIG more profitable?

Andrews Sykes Group has a net margin of 22.10% compared to Zigup's net margin of 6.82%. Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity of 32.35% beat Zigup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	22.10%	32.35%	16.52%
Zigup	6.82%	12.27%	5.59%

Is ASY or ZIG a better dividend stock?

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,341.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zigup pays out 4,814.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zigup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ASY or ZIG?

85.4% of Zigup shares are held by institutional investors. 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Zigup shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASY or ZIG?

Andrews Sykes Group received 49 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%
Zigup	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to ASY or ZIG?

In the previous week, Zigup had 1 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Zigup and 0 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Zigup's score of -1.04 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral
Zigup	Negative

Which has more risk and volatility, ASY or ZIG?

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zigup has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group and Zigup tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.