Aquila European Renewables (AERI) Competitors

El Oro (LON:ELX) and Aquila European Renewables (LON:AERI) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ELX or AERI?

75.0% of Aquila European Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Aquila European Renewables shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ELX or AERI?

In the previous week, El Oro's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aquila European Renewables'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
El Oro	Neutral
Aquila European Renewables	Neutral

Is ELX or AERI a better dividend stock?

El Oro pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. Aquila European Renewables pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 783.7%. El Oro pays out -1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aquila European Renewables pays out -6,714.1% 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. Aquila European Renewables is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ELX or AERI?

El Oro has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila European Renewables. Aquila European Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Oro, 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
El Oro	-£7.25M	0.00	N/A	-£2.50	N/A
Aquila European Renewables	-£2.58B	-0.09	-£2.75B	-£0.07	-8.57

Is ELX or AERI more profitable?

Aquila European Renewables has a net margin of 106.46% compared to El Oro's net margin of 0.00%. El Oro's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aquila European Renewables' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
El Oro	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aquila European Renewables	106.46%	-7.26%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELX or AERI?

El Oro received 53 more outperform votes than Aquila European Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
El Oro	Outperform Votes 53 59.55%	Underperform Votes 36 40.45%
Aquila European Renewables	N/A	N/A

Summary

Aquila European Renewables beats El Oro on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.