Van Elle (VANL) Competitors

Van Elle (LON:VANL) and Kinovo (LON:KINO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the media favor VANL or KINO?

In the previous week, Kinovo had 1 more articles in the media than Van Elle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kinovo and 0 mentions for Van Elle. Van Elle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kinovo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Van Elle	Neutral
Kinovo	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VANL or KINO?

67.4% of Van Elle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Kinovo shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Van Elle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of Kinovo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VANL or KINO?

Van Elle has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinovo has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VANL or KINO a better dividend stock?

Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kinovo pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Van Elle pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kinovo pays out 1,428.6% 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 VANL or KINO?

Kinovo has a consensus price target of GBX 63.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Given Kinovo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinovo is more favorable than Van Elle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Van Elle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kinovo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VANL or KINO?

Kinovo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Van Elle. Kinovo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Van Elle, 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
Van Elle	£136.11M	0.30	£3.53M	£0.03	1,266.67
Kinovo	£63.25M	0.57	£4.29M	£0.07	820.01

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VANL or KINO?

Van Elle received 197 more outperform votes than Kinovo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kinovo an outperform vote while only 75.28% of users gave Van Elle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Van Elle	Outperform Votes 204 75.28%	Underperform Votes 67 24.72%
Kinovo	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is VANL or KINO more profitable?

Kinovo has a net margin of 5.01% compared to Van Elle's net margin of 2.60%. Kinovo's return on equity of 61.90% beat Van Elle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Van Elle	2.60%	7.10%	2.72%
Kinovo	5.01%	61.90%	15.29%

Summary

Kinovo beats Van Elle on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.