ELCO vs. NCC, IMO, IQG, BIG, IDOX, DOTD, ACSO, NET, APTD, and TRCS
Should you be buying Eleco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eleco include NCC Group (NCC), IMImobile (IMO), IQGeo Group (IQG), Big Technologies (BIG), IDOX (IDOX), dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), Netcall (NET), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Eleco vs. Its Competitors
NCC Group (LON:NCC) and Eleco (LON:ELCO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Eleco had 2 more articles in the media than NCC Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eleco and 0 mentions for NCC Group. Eleco's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat NCC Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Eleco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eleco has a net margin of 9.46% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -7.68%. Eleco's return on equity of 10.50% beat NCC Group's return on equity.
Eleco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eleco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NCC Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eleco has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eleco has a consensus price target of GBX 176, indicating a potential upside of 2.47%. Given Eleco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eleco is more favorable than NCC Group.
NCC Group received 419 more outperform votes than Eleco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.12% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Eleco an outperform vote.
NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NCC Group pays out -63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eleco pays out 28.3% 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. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
70.4% of NCC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of Eleco shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of NCC Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Eleco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eleco beats NCC Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:ELCO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
