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GBX 520 -20.00 (-3.70%)
As of 04/17/2025

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

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), DP Aircraft I (DPA), and 1pm plc (OPM.L) (OPM). These companies are all part of the "rental & leasing services" industry.

VP vs.

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

In the previous week, VP had 30 more articles in the media than Zigup. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Zigup. VP's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Zigup's score of 0.00 indicating that VP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VP Neutral
Zigup Neutral

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
VP£368.77M0.56-£5.38M-£13.63-38.15
Zigup£1.82B0.36£123.98M£55.945.28

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

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
VP-1.46% -3.50% 9.45%
Zigup 6.82%12.09%5.59%

VP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 905, suggesting a potential upside of 74.04%. Zigup has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 31.98%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe VP is more favorable than Zigup.

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

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. VP pays out -286.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zigup pays out 46.5% 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.

31.5% of VP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Zigup shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of VP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Zigup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

VP received 130 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.36% of users gave VP an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zigup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VPOutperform Votes
130
59.36%
Underperform Votes
89
40.64%
ZigupOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%

Summary

VP beats Zigup on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VP vs. The Competition

MetricVPRental & Leasing Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£205.20M£2.55B£6.61B£2.48B
Dividend Yield6.84%5.79%3.60%4.96%
P/E Ratio-38.1514.8720.27129.75
Price / Sales0.5657.1475.31232,042.22
Price / Cash30.25107.2626.9928.07
Price / Book1.321.433.564.43
Net Income-£5.38M£240.18M£800.18M£5.83B
7 Day Performance4.00%8.69%1.80%3.01%
1 Month Performance-1.89%9.16%-4.00%-1.06%
1 Year Performance-7.96%-0.96%10.57%102.51%

VP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VP
VP
2.5656 of 5 stars
GBX 520
-3.7%
GBX 905
+74.0%
-8.0%£205.20M£368.77M-38.152,753Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ZIG
Zigup
N/AGBX 277.50
+0.7%
GBX 390
+40.5%
N/A£616.95M£1.82B4.967,906
NTG
Northgate
N/AN/AN/AN/A£333.08M£729.28M7.043,000
ASY
Andrews Sykes Group
N/AGBX 509.74
+2.6%
N/A-7.0%£213.54M£78.35M12.34500News Coverage
Gap Up
AA4
Amedeo Air Four Plus
N/AGBX 59
+3.1%
N/A+50.5%£178.11M£150.39M6.82N/A
AVAP
Avation
N/AGBX 143.50
+3.2%
GBX 270
+88.2%
+33.5%£120.09M£108.07M6.5123Positive News
SDY
Speedy Hire
3.55 of 5 stars
GBX 19.12
+0.6%
GBX 70
+266.1%
-11.0%£88.85M£427.90M32.613,435News Coverage
ANX
Anexo Group
N/AGBX 53
+6.9%
N/A-23.9%£61.76M£136.85M6.61963Gap Up
HSS
HSS Hire Group
N/AGBX 6.57
+2.9%
N/A-13.1%£45.38M£215.78M-19.792,000
DPA
DP Aircraft I
N/AGBX 0.11
flat
N/A+71.4%£30.43M£1.06B6.75N/AGap Down
OPM
1pm plc (OPM.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.69M£29.06M14.12130Gap Up

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This page (LON:VP) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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