Eurocell (ECEL) Competitors

Eurocell (LON:ECEL) and Sureserve Group (LON:SUR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, ECEL or SUR?

Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sureserve Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ECEL or SUR?

84.4% of Eurocell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Sureserve Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Eurocell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Sureserve 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.

Does the media refer more to ECEL or SUR?

In the previous week, Eurocell had 3 more articles in the media than Sureserve Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eurocell and 0 mentions for Sureserve Group. Eurocell's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Sureserve Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Eurocell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eurocell	Positive
Sureserve Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECEL or SUR?

Eurocell received 269 more outperform votes than Sureserve Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.59% of users gave Eurocell an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave Sureserve Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eurocell	Outperform Votes 303 80.59%	Underperform Votes 73 19.41%
Sureserve Group	Outperform Votes 34 58.62%	Underperform Votes 24 41.38%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ECEL or SUR?

Sureserve Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eurocell. Sureserve Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, 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
Eurocell	£330.14M	0.47	£11.60M	£11.36	13.56
Sureserve Group	£304.16M	0.00	£14.77M	£0.09	N/A

Do analysts rate ECEL or SUR?

Eurocell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 94.81%. Given Eurocell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Sureserve Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eurocell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sureserve Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ECEL or SUR more profitable?

Sureserve Group has a net margin of 3.82% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 3.51%. Sureserve Group's return on equity of 19.74% beat Eurocell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eurocell	3.51%	11.31%	4.28%
Sureserve Group	3.82%	19.74%	7.08%

Summary

Eurocell beats Sureserve Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.