ALU vs. EPWN, ECEL, NXR, SRAD, GMAA, FLO, WATR, DIA, INSE, and BILN
Should you be buying The Alumasc Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Alumasc Group include Epwin Group (EPWN), Eurocell (ECEL), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Gama Aviation (GMAA), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Water Intelligence (WATR), Dialight (DIA), Inspired (INSE), and Billington (BILN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
The Alumasc Group (LON:ALU) and Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
The Alumasc Group has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Epwin Group's net margin of 2.69%. The Alumasc Group's return on equity of 33.91% beat Epwin Group's return on equity.
Epwin Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Alumasc Group. The Alumasc Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epwin Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. The Alumasc Group pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Epwin Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Epwin Group had 2 more articles in the media than The Alumasc Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Epwin Group and 0 mentions for The Alumasc Group. Epwin Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat The Alumasc Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Epwin Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Alumasc Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epwin Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.2% of The Alumasc Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Epwin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 49.6% of The Alumasc Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Epwin Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Alumasc Group received 232 more outperform votes than Epwin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.92% of users gave The Alumasc Group an outperform vote while only 70.42% of users gave Epwin Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Alumasc Group beats Epwin Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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