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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
VP beats Zigup on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VP) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff