Eleco (ELCO) Competitors

D4t4 Solutions (LON:D4T4) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Is D4T4 or ELCO more profitable?

D4t4 Solutions has a net margin of 9.91% compared to D4t4 Solutions' net margin of 7.80%. D4t4 Solutions' return on equity of 8.21% beat Eleco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D4t4 Solutions	9.91%	7.15%	2.74%
Eleco	7.80%	8.21%	3.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, D4T4 or ELCO?

D4t4 Solutions has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eleco has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, D4T4 or ELCO?

D4t4 Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eleco. D4t4 Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eleco, 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
D4t4 Solutions	£21.37M	3.28	£2.12M	£0.05	3,520.00
Eleco	£26.62M	2.57	£2.08M	£0.02	4,105.00

Is D4T4 or ELCO a better dividend stock?

D4t4 Solutions pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. D4t4 Solutions pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eleco pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer D4T4 or ELCO?

D4t4 Solutions received 83 more outperform votes than Eleco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave D4t4 Solutions an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Eleco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
D4t4 Solutions	Outperform Votes 179 63.25%	Underperform Votes 104 36.75%
Eleco	Outperform Votes 96 51.34%	Underperform Votes 91 48.66%

Do analysts prefer D4T4 or ELCO?

D4t4 Solutions presently has a consensus target price of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of 87.50%. Given Eleco's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe D4t4 Solutions is more favorable than Eleco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D4t4 Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Eleco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of D4T4 or ELCO?

52.6% of D4t4 Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.5% of Eleco shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of D4t4 Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of Eleco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to D4T4 or ELCO?

In the previous week, D4t4 Solutions and D4t4 Solutions both had 1 articles in the media. Eleco's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat D4t4 Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that D4t4 Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
D4t4 Solutions	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eleco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

D4t4 Solutions beats Eleco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.