Elementis (ELM) Competitors

Elementis (LON:ELM) and Victrex (LON:VCT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Is ELM or VCT a better dividend stock?

Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Elementis pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Victrex pays out 8,450.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer ELM or VCT?

In the previous week, Elementis had 2 more articles in the media than Victrex. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Elementis and 0 mentions for Victrex. Victrex's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Elementis' score of 0.20 indicating that Victrex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Elementis	Neutral
Victrex	Positive

Do analysts prefer ELM or VCT?

Elementis presently has a consensus price target of GBX 164.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.82%. Victrex has a consensus price target of GBX 1,707.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.93%. Given Victrex's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Victrex is more favorable than Elementis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elementis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Victrex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELM or VCT?

Victrex received 15 more outperform votes than Elementis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elementis	Outperform Votes 492 65.69%	Underperform Votes 257 34.31%
Victrex	Outperform Votes 507 63.77%	Underperform Votes 288 36.23%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELM or VCT?

86.4% of Elementis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Victrex shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Elementis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Victrex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ELM or VCT?

Victrex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elementis. Victrex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elementis, 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
Elementis	£713.40M	1.16	£28.20M	£0.04	3,515.00
Victrex	£307M	3.59	£61.70M	£0.71	1,782.31

Which has more risk and volatility, ELM or VCT?

Elementis has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victrex has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ELM or VCT more profitable?

Victrex has a net margin of 20.10% compared to Elementis' net margin of 3.71%. Victrex's return on equity of 12.30% beat Elementis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elementis	3.71%	3.46%	3.67%
Victrex	20.10%	12.30%	8.70%

Summary

Victrex beats Elementis on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.