Elementis (ELM) Competitors

Victrex (LON:VCT) and Elementis (LON:ELM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VCT or ELM?

98.0% of Victrex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Victrex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Elementis 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.

Do analysts rate VCT or ELM?

Victrex currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,707.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.45%. Elementis has a consensus price target of GBX 164.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Elementis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victrex is more favorable than Elementis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Victrex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Elementis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, VCT or ELM?

Victrex has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elementis has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VCT or ELM?

In the previous week, Elementis had 4 more articles in the media than Victrex. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elementis and 0 mentions for Victrex. Victrex's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Elementis' score of 0.00 indicating that Elementis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Victrex	Neutral
Elementis	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VCT or ELM?

Victrex received 15 more outperform votes than Elementis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Victrex	Outperform Votes 507 63.77%	Underperform Votes 288 36.23%
Elementis	Outperform Votes 492 65.69%	Underperform Votes 257 34.31%

Is VCT or ELM a better dividend stock?

Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Victrex pays out 8,450.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elementis 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VCT or ELM?

Victrex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elementis. Victrex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elementis, 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
Victrex	£307M	3.60	£61.70M	£0.71	1,788.73
Elementis	£713.40M	1.16	£28.20M	£0.04	3,525.00

Is VCT or ELM more profitable?

Victrex has a net margin of 20.10% compared to Victrex's net margin of 3.71%. Elementis' return on equity of 12.30% beat Victrex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Victrex	20.10%	12.30%	8.70%
Elementis	3.71%	3.46%	3.67%

Summary

Victrex and Elementis tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.