VSVS vs. EVR, FXPO, ZIOC, JMAT, HOC, CEY, PLP, BREE, SRC, and ELM
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), Centamin (CEY), Genuit Group (PLP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), and Elementis (ELM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Vesuvius vs. Its Competitors
EVRAZ (LON:EVR) and Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
1.4% of EVRAZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Vesuvius shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Vesuvius shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vesuvius has a consensus price target of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 48.34%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than EVRAZ.
EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 93.8%. Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.
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.
EVRAZ has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vesuvius has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. EVRAZ's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Vesuvius'average media sentiment score.
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.
Summary
Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VSVS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
