ELCO vs. CLBS, ACC, AOM, SPA, RM, SPSY, TRB, IGP, ZOO, and CRTA
Should you be buying Eleco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eleco include Celebrus Technologies (CLBS), Access Intelligence (ACC), ActiveOps (AOM), 1Spatial (SPA), RM (RM), Spectra Systems (SPSY), Tribal Group (TRB), Intercede Group (IGP), ZOO Digital Group (ZOO), and Cirata (CRTA). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Eleco (LON:ELCO) and Celebrus Technologies (LON:CLBS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Celebrus Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Eleco pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Eleco received 93 more outperform votes than Celebrus Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Celebrus Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Eleco an outperform vote.
Celebrus Technologies has a net margin of 14.21% compared to Eleco's net margin of 9.48%. Celebrus Technologies' return on equity of 13.17% beat Eleco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Eleco had 1 more articles in the media than Celebrus Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Eleco and 0 mentions for Celebrus Technologies. Eleco's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Celebrus Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Eleco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eleco has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celebrus Technologies has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
25.0% of Eleco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Celebrus Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 52.4% of Eleco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of Celebrus Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Celebrus Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Eleco.
Celebrus Technologies has a consensus target price of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Celebrus Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celebrus Technologies is more favorable than Eleco.
Summary
Celebrus Technologies beats Eleco on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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