ECO Animal Health Group (EAH) Competitors

Animalcare Group (LON:ANCR) and ECO Animal Health Group (LON:EAH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Is ANCR or EAH more profitable?

Animalcare Group has a net margin of 43.05% compared to ECO Animal Health Group's net margin of 1.17%. Animalcare Group's return on equity of 36.62% beat ECO Animal Health Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Animalcare Group	43.05%	36.62%	2.97%
ECO Animal Health Group	1.17%	1.27%	2.14%

Is ANCR or EAH a better dividend stock?

Animalcare Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ECO Animal Health Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Animalcare Group pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ECO Animal Health Group pays out 64.6% 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. Animalcare Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, ANCR or EAH?

Animalcare Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECO Animal Health Group has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ANCR or EAH?

In the previous week, Animalcare Group and Animalcare Group both had 1 articles in the media. ECO Animal Health Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Animalcare Group's score of 0.44 indicating that ECO Animal Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Animalcare Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ECO Animal Health Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ANCR or EAH?

49.0% of Animalcare Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of ECO Animal Health Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.5% of Animalcare Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of ECO Animal Health Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ANCR or EAH?

ECO Animal Health Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, suggesting a potential upside of 104.73%. Given ECO Animal Health Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ECO Animal Health Group is more favorable than Animalcare Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Animalcare Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ECO Animal Health Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, ANCR or EAH?

Animalcare Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ECO Animal Health Group. Animalcare Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECO Animal Health Group, 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
Animalcare Group	£84.90M	2.12	£36.55M	£53.64	4.88
ECO Animal Health Group	£89.44M	0.56	£1.05M	£1.55	47.36

Summary

Animalcare Group beats ECO Animal Health Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.