Andrews Sykes Group (ASY) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer ZIG or ASY?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Neutral
Andrews Sykes Group	Positive

Do analysts rate ZIG or ASY?

Zigup currently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 31.98%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zigup is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zigup	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Andrews Sykes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ZIG or ASY 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 42.18% beat Zigup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.09%	5.59%
Andrews Sykes Group	22.10%	42.18%	16.52%

Is ZIG or ASY a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Zigup pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 63.0% 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. Zigup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, ZIG or ASY?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, ZIG or ASY?

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
Zigup	£1.82B	0.36	£123.98M	£55.94	5.28
Andrews Sykes Group	£78.35M	2.78	£17.31M	£41.29	12.58

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZIG or ASY?

Andrews Sykes Group received 49 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zigup an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zigup	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%

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

85.4% of Zigup shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Zigup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.7% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Andrews Sykes Group beats Zigup on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.