VIRC vs. EVC, HOFT, LVO, JAKK, ESCA, FLXS, LCUT, QSG, TSQ, and KNDI
Should you be buying Virco Mfg. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virco Mfg. include Entravision Communications (EVC), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), LiveOne (LVO), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Escalade (ESCA), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Townsquare Media (TSQ), and Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) and Virco Mfg. (NASDAQ:VIRC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Entravision Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Virco Mfg.. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Entravision Communications and 3 mentions for Virco Mfg.. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Virco Mfg.'s score of 0.20 indicating that Virco Mfg. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virco Mfg. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Mfg., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virco Mfg. has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Virco Mfg.'s net margin of -5.79%. Entravision Communications' return on equity of 26.24% beat Virco Mfg.'s return on equity.
69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Virco Mfg. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Virco Mfg. pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Entravision Communications pays out -26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Virco Mfg. pays out 6.0% 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. Entravision Communications has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Virco Mfg. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Entravision Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Entravision Communications has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entravision Communications received 146 more outperform votes than Virco Mfg. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.46% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote while only 54.68% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote.
Summary
Virco Mfg. beats Entravision Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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