Avation (AVAP) Competitors

Avation (LON:AVAP) and Northgate (LON:NTG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is AVAP or NTG a better dividend stock?

Avation pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Northgate pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Avation pays out 3,809.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northgate pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AVAP or NTG?

Northgate received 224 more outperform votes than Avation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.09% of users gave Northgate an outperform vote while only 72.20% of users gave Avation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avation	Outperform Votes 200 72.20%	Underperform Votes 77 27.80%
Northgate	Outperform Votes 424 77.09%	Underperform Votes 126 22.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVAP or NTG?

49.5% of Avation shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Avation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AVAP or NTG?

Avation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northgate. Northgate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avation, 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
Avation	£92.40M	1.29	£19.73M	£0.21	802.38
Northgate	£729.28M	0.46	N/A	£35.50	7.04

Do analysts prefer AVAP or NTG?

Avation presently has a consensus price target of GBX 255, suggesting a potential upside of 51.34%. Given Avation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avation is more favorable than Northgate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avation	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northgate	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to AVAP or NTG?

In the previous week, Avation had 2 more articles in the media than Northgate. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Avation and 0 mentions for Northgate. Avation's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Northgate's score of 0.00 indicating that Avation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Avation	Very Positive
Northgate	Neutral

Is AVAP or NTG more profitable?

Avation has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Northgate's net margin of 0.00%. Avation's return on equity of 7.93% beat Northgate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avation	21.36%	7.93%	2.27%
Northgate	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Avation beats Northgate on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.