Next 15 Group (NFG) Competitors

Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is NFG or AT more profitable?

Ashtead Technology has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Next 15 Group's net margin of 8.28%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 37.44% beat Ashtead Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next 15 Group	8.28%	37.44%	9.17%
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%

Do analysts prefer NFG or AT?

Next 15 Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 885, suggesting a potential upside of 202.56%. Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, suggesting a potential upside of 65.34%. Given Next 15 Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than Ashtead Technology.

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
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer NFG or AT?

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 2 more articles in the media than Next 15 Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Next 15 Group. Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Next 15 Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashtead Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Next 15 Group	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NFG or AT?

Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashtead Technology, 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	£741.75M	0.40	£61.44M	£60.87	4.81
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	2.85	£24.26M	£30.98	16.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NFG or AT?

Next 15 Group received 3 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 92.86% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Next 15 Group	Outperform Votes 13 92.86%	Underperform Votes 1 7.14%
Ashtead Technology	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is NFG or AT a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Next 15 Group pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, NFG or AT?

Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashtead Technology has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NFG or AT?

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Next 15 Group and Ashtead Technology tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.