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GBX 540 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 03/28/2025

VP vs. ZIG, NTG, ASY, AA4, AVAP, SDY, ANX, HSS, OPM, and DPA

Should you be buying VP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VP include Zigup (ZIG), Northgate (NTG), Andrews Sykes Group (ASY), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avation (AVAP), Speedy Hire (SDY), Anexo Group (ANX), HSS Hire Group (HSS), 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM), and DP Aircraft I (DPA). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.

VP vs.

Zigup (LON:ZIG) and VP (LON:VP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Zigup has higher revenue and earnings than VP. VP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zigup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zigup£1.82B0.37£123.98M£55.945.42
VP£368.77M0.58-£5.38M-£13.63-39.62

In the previous week, VP had 42 more articles in the media than Zigup. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for VP and 1 mentions for Zigup. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat VP's score of -0.15 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zigup
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
VP
2 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Zigup has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VP has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Zigup pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VP pays out -286.1% 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.

Zigup has a net margin of 6.82% compared to VP's net margin of -1.46%. Zigup's return on equity of 12.09% beat VP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zigup6.82% 12.09% 5.59%
VP -1.46%-3.50%9.45%

85.4% of Zigup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of VP shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Zigup shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of VP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Zigup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 28.71%. VP has a consensus price target of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 75.93%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VP is more favorable than Zigup.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zigup
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
VP
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

VP received 129 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave VP an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zigup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZigupOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%
VPOutperform Votes
129
59.17%
Underperform Votes
89
40.83%

Summary

Zigup and VP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VP vs. The Competition

MetricVPRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£213.09M£2.57B£6.86B£2.62B
Dividend Yield6.84%5.79%3.55%4.82%
P/E Ratio-39.6215.0420.75141.21
Price / Sales0.5858.3175.35284,295.48
Price / Cash30.25107.2626.8328.19
Price / Book1.371.453.694.60
Net Income-£5.38M£240.18M£793.45M£5.84B
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.45%-1.28%1.31%
1 Month Performance-3.14%0.27%-1.14%7.42%
1 Year Performance-1.82%-8.06%17.86%31.40%

VP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VP
VP
2.4147 of 5 stars
GBX 540
flat
GBX 950
+75.9%
-1.8%£213.09M£368.77M-39.622,753High Trading Volume
ZIG
Zigup
3.7378 of 5 stars
GBX 307.50
-0.2%
GBX 390
+26.8%
N/A£683.65M£1.82B5.507,906High Trading Volume
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 500
+2.0%
N/A-14.9%£209.46M£78.35M12.11500High Trading Volume
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 61.78
+0.6%
N/A+49.3%£186.51M£150.39M7.14N/ANews Coverage
AVAP
Avation
N/AGBX 146
-1.0%
GBX 270
+84.9%
+29.4%£122.19M£108.07M6.6223
SDY
Speedy Hire
3.2372 of 5 stars
GBX 21.31
+8.2%
GBX 70
+228.5%
-23.6%£99.01M£427.90M36.343,435
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 59
+1.7%
N/A-12.0%£68.75M£136.85M7.36963News Coverage
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 6.37
+3.0%
N/A-32.7%£44.05M£215.78M-19.212,000
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.07
+5.7%
N/A+27.0%£21.45M£1.06B4.76N/ANews Coverage
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This page (LON:VP) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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