Andrews Sykes Group (ASY) Competitors

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

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 32.35% beat Zigup's return on equity.

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

Does the media refer more to ZIG or ASY?

In the previous week, Zigup had 2 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 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 -0.42 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Neutral
Andrews Sykes Group	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, ZIG or ASY?

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

Do analysts recommend ZIG or ASY?

Zigup presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 21.68%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Which has preferable valuation & 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	£1.83B	0.39	£125.02M	£0.54	593.52
Andrews Sykes Group	£78.29M	2.73	£17.30M	£0.41	1,243.90

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZIG or ASY?

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

Is ZIG or ASY a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Summary

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