Avon Protection (AVON) Competitors

Avon Protection (LON:AVON) and Boeing (LON:BOE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, AVON or BOE?

Avon Protection has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AVON or BOE?

In the previous week, Boeing had 23 more articles in the media than Avon Protection. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Boeing and 2 mentions for Avon Protection. Avon Protection's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Boeing's score of 0.05 indicating that Avon Protection is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avon Protection	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate AVON or BOE?

Given Boeing's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Avon Protection.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avon Protection	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Boeing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVON or BOE?

Avon Protection received 206 more outperform votes than Boeing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.68% of users gave Avon Protection an outperform vote while only 72.91% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avon Protection	Outperform Votes 354 74.68%	Underperform Votes 120 25.32%
Boeing	Outperform Votes 148 72.91%	Underperform Votes 55 27.09%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVON or BOE?

72.9% of Avon Protection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Avon Protection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVON or BOE?

Avon Protection has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Avon Protection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boeing, 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
Avon Protection	£256.92M	2.40	-£13.57M	-£29.00	-56.77
Boeing	£70.54B	0.00	-£4.13B	-£7.15	N/A

Is AVON or BOE more profitable?

Avon Protection has a net margin of -5.28% compared to Boeing's net margin of -5.86%. Boeing's return on equity of 0.00% beat Avon Protection's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avon Protection	-5.28%	-7.04%	2.25%
Boeing	-5.86%	N/A	0.04%

Summary

Avon Protection beats Boeing on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.