ECEL vs. NXR, SRAD, EPWN, ALU, COD, PPHC, GTLY, SUP, FSJ, and AFC
Should you be buying Eurocell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eurocell include Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Epwin Group (EPWN), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Public Policy (PPHC), Gateley (GTLY), Supreme (SUP), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), and AFC Energy (AFC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Eurocell (LON:ECEL) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Eurocell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 33.83%. Norcros has a consensus price target of GBX 320, suggesting a potential upside of 78.77%. Given Norcros' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Norcros is more favorable than Eurocell.
Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocell. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eurocell had 4 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eurocell and 0 mentions for Norcros. Norcros' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Eurocell's score of 0.22 indicating that Norcros is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eurocell has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Eurocell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Eurocell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Norcros shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eurocell received 33 more outperform votes than Norcros when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.13% of users gave Norcros an outperform vote while only 80.43% of users gave Eurocell an outperform vote.
Norcros has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 2.63%. Eurocell's return on equity of 8.38% beat Norcros' return on equity.
Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Eurocell pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Norcros pays out 6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Norcros is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Norcros beats Eurocell on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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