VANL vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, BILN, HERC, GYG, NEXS, TGP, CEPS, and AUK
Should you be buying Van Elle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Van Elle include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Billington (BILN), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), Ceps (CEPS), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Van Elle vs. Its Competitors
Van Elle (LON:VANL) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Van Elle. Severfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Van Elle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Severfield had 1 more articles in the media than Van Elle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for Van Elle. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Van Elle's score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
58.3% of Van Elle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Van Elle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Van Elle pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Severfield has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Van Elle's net margin of 3.02%. Van Elle's return on equity of 8.12% beat Severfield's return on equity.
Van Elle has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Severfield beats Van Elle on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:VANL) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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