System1 Group (SYS1) Competitors

Next 15 Group (LON:NFG) and System1 Group (LON:SYS1) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NFG or SYS1?

68.0% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.1% of System1 Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Next 15 Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of System1 Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NFG or SYS1 more profitable?

Next 15 Group has a net margin of 8.28% compared to System1 Group's net margin of 6.77%. Next 15 Group's return on equity of 37.44% beat System1 Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next 15 Group	8.28%	37.44%	9.17%
System1 Group	6.77%	20.43%	11.37%

Is NFG or SYS1 a better dividend stock?

Next 15 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. System1 Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Next 15 Group pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. System1 Group pays out 31.2% 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. Next 15 Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate NFG or SYS1?

Next 15 Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 660, suggesting a potential upside of 183.26%. System1 Group has a consensus price target of GBX 852.50, suggesting a potential upside of 61.46%. Given Next 15 Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Next 15 Group is more favorable than System1 Group.

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
System1 Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NFG or SYS1?

Next 15 Group has higher revenue and earnings than System1 Group. Next 15 Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than System1 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	£741.75M	0.32	£61.44M	£60.87	3.83
System1 Group	£30.04M	2.23	£2.03M	£16.03	32.93

Does the media prefer NFG or SYS1?

In the previous week, Next 15 Group had 7 more articles in the media than System1 Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Next 15 Group and 0 mentions for System1 Group. Next 15 Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat System1 Group'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
System1 Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NFG or SYS1?

System1 Group received 105 more outperform votes than Next 15 Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Next 15 Group an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave System1 Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Next 15 Group	Outperform Votes 14 93.33%	Underperform Votes 1 6.67%
System1 Group	Outperform Votes 119 65.03%	Underperform Votes 64 34.97%

Which has more volatility and risk, NFG or SYS1?

Next 15 Group has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, System1 Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Next 15 Group beats System1 Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.