Vesuvius (VSVS) Competitors

EVRAZ (LON:EVR) and Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is EVR or VSVS more profitable?

EVRAZ has a net margin of 11.76% compared to Vesuvius' net margin of 5.56%. EVRAZ's return on equity of 63.37% beat Vesuvius' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVRAZ	11.76%	63.37%	27.67%
Vesuvius	5.56%	8.49%	4.90%

Do analysts prefer EVR or VSVS?

Vesuvius has a consensus price target of GBX 535, indicating a potential upside of 55.98%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than EVRAZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVRAZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vesuvius	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is EVR or VSVS a better dividend stock?

EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 94.0%. Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. EVRAZ pays out 3,958.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vesuvius pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, EVR or VSVS?

EVRAZ has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vesuvius has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EVR or VSVS?

In the previous week, EVRAZ's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vesuvius'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EVRAZ	Neutral
Vesuvius	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EVR or VSVS?

EVRAZ has higher revenue and earnings than Vesuvius. Vesuvius is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVRAZ, 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
EVRAZ	£15.40B	0.08	£2.23B	£1.92	42.13
Vesuvius	£1.81B	0.49	£100.45M	£38.67	8.87

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EVR or VSVS?

1.4% of EVRAZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Vesuvius shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Vesuvius shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EVR or VSVS?

Vesuvius received 223 more outperform votes than EVRAZ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Vesuvius an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave EVRAZ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVRAZ	Outperform Votes 187 47.70%	Underperform Votes 205 52.30%
Vesuvius	Outperform Votes 410 60.38%	Underperform Votes 269 39.62%

Summary

Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.