E-L Financial (ELF) Competitors

Shawcor (TSE:SCL) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SCL or ELF?

37.0% of Shawcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Shawcor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SCL or ELF?

Shawcor has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCL or ELF more profitable?

E-L Financial has a net margin of 33.27% compared to Shawcor's net margin of 0.16%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 23.62% beat Shawcor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shawcor	0.16%	0.20%	3.80%
E-L Financial	33.27%	23.62%	4.52%

Does the media favor SCL or ELF?

In the previous week, E-L Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Shawcor. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for E-L Financial and 0 mentions for Shawcor. E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Shawcor's score of 0.00 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shawcor	Neutral
E-L Financial	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SCL or ELF?

E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Shawcor. Shawcor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E-L Financial, 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
Shawcor	C$1.35B	0.00	C$2.19M	C$0.03	N/A
E-L Financial	C$5.55B	1.00	C$1.84B	C$532.90	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SCL or ELF?

Shawcor received 244 more outperform votes than E-L Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 61.10% of users gave Shawcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shawcor	Outperform Votes 333 61.10%	Underperform Votes 212 38.90%
E-L Financial	Outperform Votes 89 71.20%	Underperform Votes 36 28.80%

Summary

E-L Financial beats Shawcor on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.