Van Elle (VANL) Competitors

Van Elle (LON:VANL) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VANL or SFR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Van Elle	£130.47M	0.33	£4.27M	£0.02	2,358.82
Severfield	£450.91M	0.21	£15.24M	-£0.05	-696.78

Is VANL or SFR a better dividend stock?

Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Van Elle pays out 70.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out -79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VANL or SFR?

11.1% of Van Elle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of Van Elle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Severfield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VANL or SFR?

In the previous week, Severfield had 3 more articles in the media than Van Elle. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Severfield and 1 mentions for Van Elle. Van Elle's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Severfield's score of 0.62 indicating that Van Elle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Van Elle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Severfield	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VANL or SFR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Van Elle	3.02%	8.12%	3.37%
Severfield	3.43%	7.24%	4.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, VANL or SFR?

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 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.