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Van Elle (VANL) Competitors

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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 companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Van Elle has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

11.1% of Van Elle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of Van Elle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Severfield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Van Elle£130.47M0.27£4.27M£0.021,941.18
Severfield£450.91M0.20£15.24M-£0.05-641.63

In the previous week, Van Elle and Van Elle both had 1 articles in the media. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Van Elle's score of -0.21 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 Elle3.02% 8.12% 3.37%
Severfield 3.43%7.24%4.69%

Summary

Severfield beats Van Elle on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VANL vs. The Competition

MetricVan ElleEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£35.71M£2.83B£7.76B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.53%3.42%4.58%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,941.18362.42305.505,406.69
Price / Sales0.2777.06272.3598,912.02
Price / Cash6.7414.6127.9827.92
Price / Book0.673.094.798.16
Net Income£4.27M£82.90M£796.44M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.01%-0.05%-0.13%7.71%
1 Month Performance-20.86%4.22%2.51%3.10%
1 Year Performance-18.52%58.80%26.84%169.55%

Van Elle Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 33
-2.2%
N/A-16.7%£35.71M£130.47M1,941.18670
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 32.50
+1.6%
N/A-62.0%£95.97M£450.91M-697.421,900Dividend Cut
Gap Down
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 121.25
-1.0%
N/A+2.0%£47.10M£22.44M3,016.17152
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 350
+1.4%
N/A-32.3%£44.29M£113.06M565.43463
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 38.02
-2.5%
N/A-20.6%£30.27M£110.33M-1,246.19560High Trading Volume
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 136
-1.4%
N/A-3.0%£12.29M£61.49M-385.16406
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 5.48
+4.4%
N/AN/A£7.61M£28.94M-89.84172High Trading Volume
CEPS
Ceps
N/AGBX 30.60
+2.0%
N/A+30.4%£6.43M£32.48M1,108.70265Positive News
Gap Up
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:VANL) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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