Zigup (ZIG) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ZIG or AGK?

Zigup has higher revenue and earnings than Aggreko. Aggreko 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
Aggreko	£1.36B	0.00	N/A	-£43.50	N/A

Do analysts rate ZIG or AGK?

Zigup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 26.83%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Zigup is more favorable than Aggreko.

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
Aggreko	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZIG or AGK?

Aggreko received 297 more outperform votes than Zigup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.21% of users gave Aggreko 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%
Aggreko	Outperform Votes 297 48.21%	Underperform Votes 319 51.79%

Is ZIG or AGK a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Aggreko pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. 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. Aggreko pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to ZIG or AGK?

In the previous week, Zigup had 3 more articles in the media than Aggreko. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Zigup and 0 mentions for Aggreko. Zigup's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Aggreko's score of 0.00 indicating that Zigup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Very Positive
Aggreko	Neutral

Is ZIG or AGK more profitable?

Zigup has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Aggreko's net margin of 0.00%. Zigup's return on equity of 12.27% beat Aggreko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.27%	5.59%
Aggreko	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ZIG or AGK?

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

Summary

Zigup beats Aggreko on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.