EAH vs. ANCR, VLG, STX, DNL, PXS, CHLL, MXC, RGT, CEL, and N4P
Should you be buying ECO Animal Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECO Animal Health Group include Animalcare Group (ANCR), Venture Life Group (VLG), Shield Therapeutics (STX), Diurnal Group (DNL), Provexis (PXS), Chill Brands Group (CHLL), Argent BioPharma (MXC), Argent BioPharma (RGT), Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), and N4 Pharma (N4P). These companies are all part of the "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" industry.
ECO Animal Health Group vs. Its Competitors
Animalcare Group (LON:ANCR) and ECO Animal Health Group (LON:EAH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
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.
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 1.3%. 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.
In the previous week, ECO Animal Health Group had 1 more articles in the media than Animalcare Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ECO Animal Health Group and 0 mentions for Animalcare Group. ECO Animal Health Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Animalcare Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ECO Animal Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
49.0% of Animalcare Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of ECO Animal Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.5% of Animalcare Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of ECO Animal Health Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ECO Animal Health Group has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential upside of 97.37%. 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.
Animalcare Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECO Animal Health Group has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Animalcare Group beats ECO Animal Health Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EAH) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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