Vesuvius (VSVS) 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 dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

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%	9.20%	4.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVR or VSVS?

Vesuvius received 222 more outperform votes than EVRAZ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% 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 409 60.32%	Underperform Votes 269 39.68%

Is EVR or VSVS a better dividend stock?

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 6,052.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EVRAZ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer EVR or VSVS?

Vesuvius has a consensus target price of GBX 565, indicating a potential upside of 45.87%. Given Vesuvius' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	N/A
Vesuvius	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor EVR or VSVS?

In the previous week, EVRAZ had 1 more articles in the media than Vesuvius. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EVRAZ and 0 mentions for Vesuvius. EVRAZ's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Vesuvius' score of 0.00 indicating that EVRAZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EVRAZ	Neutral
Vesuvius	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EVR or VSVS?

EVRAZ has higher revenue and earnings than Vesuvius. EVRAZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vesuvius, 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	42.19
Vesuvius	£1.87B	0.54	£104M	£0.38	1,021.05

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EVR or VSVS?

1.5% of EVRAZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, 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.

Summary

EVRAZ beats Vesuvius on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.