VANL vs. SMJ, KINO, HERC, BILN, RAI, TGP, CTO, MIND, PHE, and JNEO
Should you be buying Van Elle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Van Elle include J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Kinovo (KINO), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Billington (BILN), RA International Group (RAI), Tekmar Group (TGP), TClarke (CTO), Mind Gym (MIND), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), and Journeo (JNEO). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (LON:SMJ) and Van Elle (LON:VANL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Van Elle's score of -0.12 indicating that Van Elle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Van Elle received 134 more outperform votes than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.28% of users gave Van Elle an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC an outperform vote.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Van Elle has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Van Elle pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Van Elle has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC.
1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Van Elle shares are held by institutional investors. 80.6% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Van Elle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Van Elle has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Van Elle's net margin of 1.54%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity of 7.10% beat Van Elle's return on equity.
Summary
Van Elle beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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