Next 15 Group (NFG) Competitors

Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap communication services 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NFG or AGR?

Assura received 358 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Next 15 Group	Outperform Votes 13 92.86%	Underperform Votes 1 7.14%
Assura	Outperform Votes 371 67.21%	Underperform Votes 181 32.79%

Is NFG or AGR more profitable?

Next 15 Group has a net margin of 8.28% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.25%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 43.44% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next 15 Group	8.28%	43.44%	9.17%
Assura	-18.25%	-1.88%	2.82%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Next 15 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
Next 15 Group	£733.84M	0.50	£60.78M	£0.58	625.00
Assura	£157.80M	7.69	-£28.80M	-£0.01	-3,734.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NFG or AGR?

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 885, suggesting a potential upside of 144.14%. Assura has a consensus price target of GBX 50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.69%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than Assura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next 15 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor NFG or AGR?

In the previous week, Next 15 Group had 3 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Next 15 Group and 0 mentions for Assura. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Assura's score of 0.00 indicating that Next 15 Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Next 15 Group	Neutral
Assura	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NFG or AGR a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Next 15 Group pays out 2,586.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Assura pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Next 15 Group beats Assura on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.