ELCO vs. NCC, IMO, IQG, BIG, DOTD, IDOX, ACSO, NET, APTD, and GHT
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), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IDOX (IDOX), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), Netcall (NET), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), and Gresham Technologies (GHT). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Eleco vs.
Eleco (LON:ELCO) and NCC Group (LON:NCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Eleco has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCC Group has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 6 more articles in the media than Eleco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NCC Group and 0 mentions for Eleco. NCC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Eleco's score of 0.00 indicating that NCC Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
30.3% of Eleco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of NCC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.9% of Eleco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NCC Group shares are owned 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.
Eleco currently has a consensus price target of GBX 176, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Eleco's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Eleco is more favorable than NCC Group.
Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Eleco pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NCC Group pays out -63.0% 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.
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.
Eleco has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
Summary
Eleco beats NCC Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ELCO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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