EPWN vs. ECEL, NXR, SRAD, ALU, COD, AA4, AVG, MSI, SDY, and GPH
Should you be buying Epwin Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Epwin Group include Eurocell (ECEL), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Avingtrans (AVG), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Speedy Hire (SDY), and Global Ports (GPH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) and Eurocell (LON:ECEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Eurocell received 100 more outperform votes than Epwin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.43% of users gave Eurocell an outperform vote while only 70.42% of users gave Epwin Group an outperform vote.
Epwin Group has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 2.63%. Epwin Group's return on equity of 9.15% beat Eurocell's return on equity.
Epwin Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurocell has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eurocell had 2 more articles in the media than Epwin Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eurocell and 2 mentions for Epwin Group. Eurocell's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Epwin Group's score of 0.03 indicating that Eurocell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.4% of Epwin Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Eurocell shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of Epwin Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Eurocell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Eurocell has higher revenue and earnings than Epwin Group. Epwin Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eurocell has a consensus price target of GBX 180, suggesting a potential upside of 34.33%. Given Eurocell's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Epwin Group.
Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Epwin Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Summary
Eurocell beats Epwin Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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