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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

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 3.9%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, NFG or AGR?

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

Do analysts prefer NFG or AGR?

Next 15 Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 885, suggesting a potential upside of 129.87%. Assura has a consensus price target of GBX 50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.15%. Given Next 15 Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

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	0.53	£60.78M	£0.58	663.79
Assura	£157.80M	7.78	-£28.80M	-£0.01	-3,777.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NFG or AGR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Does the media prefer NFG or AGR?

In the previous week, Next 15 Group had 1 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Next 15 Group and 0 mentions for Assura. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 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

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%

Summary

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