Zigup (ZIG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Does the media prefer ZIG or AGK?

In the previous week, Zigup's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aggreko'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zigup	Neutral
Aggreko	Neutral

Is ZIG or AGK a better dividend stock?

Zigup pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Aggreko pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. Zigup pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aggreko pays out -0.1% 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.

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	£1.82B	0.39	£123.98M	£55.94	5.65
Aggreko	£1.36B	0.00	N/A	-£43.50	N/A

Do analysts prefer ZIG or AGK?

Zigup presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390, suggesting a potential upside of 23.42%. Given Zigup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 12.09% beat Aggreko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zigup	6.82%	12.09%	5.59%
Aggreko	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

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

Summary

Zigup beats Aggreko on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.