VP (VP) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	£368.69M	0.63	-£5.29M	-£0.13	-4,538.46
Zigup	£1.83B	0.44	£125.02M	£0.54	675.93

Is VP or ZIG a better dividend stock?

VP pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. VP pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do analysts prefer VP or ZIG?

VP currently has a consensus target price of GBX 950, indicating a potential upside of 61.02%. Given VP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, VP or ZIG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VP or ZIG?

VP received 129 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VP	Outperform Votes 129 59.17%	Underperform Votes 89 40.83%
Zigup	N/A	N/A

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

31.5% of VP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Zigup shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of VP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Zigup 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.

Is VP or ZIG 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
VP	-1.43%	-3.23%	9.45%
Zigup	6.82%	12.27%	5.59%

Does the media refer more to VP or ZIG?

In the previous week, VP had 16 more articles in the media than Zigup. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for VP and 0 mentions for Zigup. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VP's score of -0.05 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VP	Neutral
Zigup	Neutral

Summary

Zigup beats VP on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.