Van Elle (VANL) Competitors

Van Elle (LON:VANL) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is VANL or CTO a better dividend stock?

Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Van Elle pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TClarke pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Van Elle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VANL or CTO?

Van Elle received 120 more outperform votes than TClarke when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.28% of users gave Van Elle an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave TClarke an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Van Elle	Outperform Votes 204 75.28%	Underperform Votes 67 24.72%
TClarke	Outperform Votes 84 52.50%	Underperform Votes 76 47.50%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VANL or CTO?

TClarke has higher revenue and earnings than Van Elle. TClarke is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Van Elle, 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
Van Elle	£141.18M	0.27	£4.27M	£3.96	8.84
TClarke	£491M	0.00	£6.50M	£0.14	N/A

Is VANL or CTO more profitable?

Van Elle has a net margin of 3.02% compared to TClarke's net margin of 1.32%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat Van Elle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Van Elle	3.02%	8.12%	3.37%
TClarke	1.32%	14.11%	2.74%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VANL or CTO?

58.3% of Van Elle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Van Elle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VANL or CTO?

In the previous week, Van Elle had 1 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Van Elle and 0 mentions for TClarke. Van Elle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TClarke'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Van Elle	Neutral
TClarke	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, VANL or CTO?

Van Elle has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Van Elle beats TClarke on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.