ElringKlinger (ETR:ZIL2) and Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:BDT) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares ElringKlinger and Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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ElringKlinger | $1.48 billion | 0.59 | $-40,803,840.00 | (€0.64) | -21.29 |
Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft | $855.00 million | 0.55 | $-4,189,141.60 | (€0.41) | -113.08 |
Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ElringKlinger. Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ElringKlinger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares ElringKlinger and Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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ElringKlinger | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for ElringKlinger and Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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ElringKlinger | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.71 |
Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 |
ElringKlinger presently has a consensus price target of €13.27, indicating a potential downside of 3.23%. Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft has a consensus price target of €36.70, indicating a potential downside of 21.41%. Given ElringKlinger's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ElringKlinger is more favorable than Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft.
Dividends
ElringKlinger pays an annual dividend of €0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of €0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ElringKlinger pays out -77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft pays out -36.3% 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. ElringKlinger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
ElringKlinger beats Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.