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GBX 360.20 +1.20 (+0.33%)
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VSVS vs. EVR, FXPO, ZIOC, JMAT, HOC, GGP, CEY, BREE, PLP, and SRC

Should you be buying Vesuvius stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vesuvius include EVRAZ (EVR), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Zanaga Iron Ore (ZIOC), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Greatland Gold (GGP), Centamin (CEY), Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), and SigmaRoc (SRC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Vesuvius vs.

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

In the previous week, Vesuvius had 1 more articles in the media than EVRAZ. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vesuvius and 0 mentions for EVRAZ. Vesuvius' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EVRAZ'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vesuvius Neutral
EVRAZ Neutral

82.1% of Vesuvius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of EVRAZ shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Vesuvius shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VesuviusOutperform Votes
410
60.38%
Underperform Votes
269
39.62%
EVRAZOutperform Votes
187
47.70%
Underperform Votes
205
52.30%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vesuvius£1.81B0.51£100.45M£38.679.36
EVRAZ£15.40B0.08£2.23B£1.9242.19

Vesuvius currently has a consensus target price of GBX 535, indicating a potential upside of 47.79%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than EVRAZ.

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

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

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
Vesuvius5.56% 8.49% 4.90%
EVRAZ 11.76%63.37%27.67%

Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 93.8%. Vesuvius pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VSVS vs. The Competition

MetricVesuviusSteel IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£925.55M£921.26M£3.08B£2.64B
Dividend Yield5.67%9.49%5.20%5.05%
P/E Ratio9.364.9371.92134.14
Price / Sales0.5112.4125,591,212,775,274,500.00224,238.20
Price / Cash5.7916.2624.3428.05
Price / Book0.760.795.223.79
Net Income£100.45M£197.22M£156.48M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-1.04%-0.78%2.57%0.41%
1 Month Performance6.53%5.44%5.12%21.45%
1 Year Performance-24.58%-1.33%18.62%128.18%

Vesuvius Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSVS
Vesuvius
3.7344 of 5 stars
GBX 360.20
+0.3%
GBX 535
+48.5%
-25.7%£920.95M£1.81B9.3211,302Gap Up
EVR
EVRAZ
0.4936 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£1.18B£15.40B42.1971,591
FXPO
Ferrexpo
N/AGBX 66.50
-1.0%
N/A+35.3%£491.75M£1.07B-8.908,000
ZIOC
Zanaga Iron Ore
N/AGBX 7.80
+5.5%
N/A+15.1%£67.83MN/A-18,872.49N/AGap Up
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
1.3537 of 5 stars
GBX 1,363
+1.2%
GBX 1,900
+39.4%
-0.8%£2.28B£11.69B23.16N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
HOC
Hochschild Mining
2.3278 of 5 stars
GBX 279.80
+0.8%
GBX 290
+3.6%
+64.9%£1.82B£1.01B59.683,029
GGP
Greatland Gold
1.5028 of 5 stars
GBX 12.58
+0.6%
GBX 19
+51.0%
+81.8%£1.70BN/A-28.8125News Coverage
CEY
Centamin
N/AN/AGBX 155
+∞
N/A£1.69B£930.75M2,920.004,874
BREE
Breedon Group
3.2588 of 5 stars
GBX 446.23
+0.8%
GBX 578.33
+29.6%
+14.4%£1.54B£1.52B15.983,900
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
1.1934 of 5 stars
GBX 102.40
+0.2%
GBX 95
-7.2%
+59.8%£1.15B£77.21B-5.162,000

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This page (LON:VSVS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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