VP (VP) Competitors

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

Is VP or ZIG a better dividend stock?

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VP or ZIG?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor VP or ZIG?

In the previous week, VP had 19 more articles in the media than Zigup. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Zigup. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VP's score of -0.01 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VP	Neutral
Zigup	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VP or ZIG?

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
VP	£368.77M	0.61	-£5.38M	-£13.63	-41.82
Zigup	£1.82B	0.39	£123.98M	£55.94	5.65

Do analysts prefer VP or ZIG?

VP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 66.67%. Zigup has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. 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
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

Which has more risk and volatility, VP or ZIG?

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

Is VP or ZIG more profitable?

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VP or ZIG?

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

Summary

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