Value and Indexed Property Income (VIP) Competitors

DX (Group) (LON:DX) and Value and Indexed Property Income (LON:VIP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, DX or VIP?

DX (Group) has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value and Indexed Property Income has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DX or VIP?

55.8% of DX (Group) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Value and Indexed Property Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of DX (Group) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.1% of Value and Indexed Property Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DX or VIP more profitable?

Value and Indexed Property Income has a net margin of 73.71% compared to DX (Group)'s net margin of 4.84%. DX (Group)'s return on equity of 36.77% beat Value and Indexed Property Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DX (Group)	4.84%	36.77%	8.00%
Value and Indexed Property Income	73.71%	4.55%	-1.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DX or VIP?

DX (Group) received 37 more outperform votes than Value and Indexed Property Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.56% of users gave DX (Group) an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave Value and Indexed Property Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DX (Group)	Outperform Votes 153 64.56%	Underperform Votes 84 35.44%
Value and Indexed Property Income	Outperform Votes 116 57.71%	Underperform Votes 85 42.29%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DX or VIP?

DX (Group) has higher revenue and earnings than Value and Indexed Property Income. DX (Group) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Value and Indexed Property Income, 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
DX (Group)	£471.20M	0.00	£22.80M	£0.04	N/A
Value and Indexed Property Income	£5.78M	13.42	£4.26M	£9.80	18.47

Does the media refer more to DX or VIP?

In the previous week, DX (Group)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Value and Indexed Property Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DX (Group)	Neutral
Value and Indexed Property Income	Neutral

Is DX or VIP a better dividend stock?

DX (Group) pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Value and Indexed Property Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. DX (Group) pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Value and Indexed Property Income pays out 132.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Value and Indexed Property Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

DX (Group) beats Value and Indexed Property Income on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.