Eurocell (ECEL) Competitors

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Eurocell (LON:ECEL) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of COD or ECEL?

47.8% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Eurocell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Eurocell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor COD or ECEL?

In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain both had 1 articles in the media. Eurocell's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's score of 0.75 indicating that Eurocell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eurocell	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend COD or ECEL?

Eurocell has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 106.11%. Given Eurocell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Eurocell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, COD or ECEL?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocell. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain 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
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	£46.96B	0.01	£282.60B	£5.62	16.94
Eurocell	£375.40M	0.35	£11.60M	£0.10	1,350.52

Is COD or ECEL a better dividend stock?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eurocell pays out 58.8% 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. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, COD or ECEL?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COD or ECEL more profitable?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 3.51%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.19% beat Eurocell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	6.20%	12.19%	5.45%
Eurocell	3.51%	11.31%	4.28%

Summary

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Eurocell on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.