PRV vs. ELIX, RCDO, XPP, VP, RWA, GFRD, LUCE, SHI, FNTL, and ASY
Should you be buying Porvair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Porvair include Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), XP Power (XPP), VP (VP), Robert Walters (RWA), Galliford Try (GFRD), Luceco (LUCE), SIG (SHI), Fintel (FNTL), and Andrews Sykes Group (ASY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Porvair (LON:PRV) and Elixirr International (LON:ELIX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Porvair has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elixirr International has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Elixirr International had 1 more articles in the media than Porvair. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Elixirr International and 0 mentions for Porvair. Elixirr International's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Porvair's score of 0.00 indicating that Elixirr International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Elixirr International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Porvair. Elixirr International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Porvair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elixirr International has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Porvair's net margin of 9.07%. Elixirr International's return on equity of 16.00% beat Porvair's return on equity.
Porvair pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Elixirr International pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Porvair pays out 1,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elixirr International pays out 4,705.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Porvair received 182 more outperform votes than Elixirr International when rated by MarketBeat users.
63.3% of Porvair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.7% of Elixirr International shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Porvair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.3% of Elixirr International shares are owned 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.
Summary
Elixirr International beats Porvair on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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