VP (VP) Competitors

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

Is ZIG or VP a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Zigup pays out 4,814.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VP pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ZIG or VP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zigup	£1.83B	0.37	£125.02M	£0.54	569.44
VP	£368.69M	0.64	-£5.29M	-£0.13	-4,596.15

Do analysts rate ZIG or VP?

Zigup presently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 26.83%. VP has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 59.00%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Is ZIG or VP more profitable?

Zigup has a net margin of 6.82% compared to VP's net margin of -1.43%. Zigup's return on equity of 12.27% beat VP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.27%	5.59%
VP	-1.43%	-3.23%	9.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZIG or VP?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zigup	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
VP	Outperform Votes 129 59.17%	Underperform Votes 89 40.83%

Does the media refer more to ZIG or VP?

In the previous week, VP had 30 more articles in the media than Zigup. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for VP and 3 mentions for Zigup. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat VP's score of 0.13 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
VP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ZIG or VP?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ZIG or VP?

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

Summary

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