Van Elle (VANL) Competitors

Kinovo (LON:KINO) and Van Elle (LON:VANL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KINO or VANL?

Kinovo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Van Elle. Kinovo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Van Elle, 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
Kinovo	£63.25M	0.57	£4.29M	£0.07	819.29
Van Elle	£136.11M	0.28	£3.53M	£0.03	1,200.00

Does the media favor KINO or VANL?

In the previous week, Kinovo had 1 more articles in the media than Van Elle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kinovo and 0 mentions for Van Elle. Van Elle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kinovo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kinovo	Neutral
Van Elle	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KINO or VANL?

17.6% of Kinovo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Van Elle shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of Kinovo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Van Elle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KINO or VANL?

Van Elle received 197 more outperform votes than Kinovo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kinovo an outperform vote while only 75.28% of users gave Van Elle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinovo	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Van Elle	Outperform Votes 204 75.28%	Underperform Votes 67 24.72%

Is KINO or VANL more profitable?

Kinovo has a net margin of 5.01% compared to Kinovo's net margin of 2.60%. Van Elle's return on equity of 61.90% beat Kinovo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinovo	5.01%	61.90%	15.29%
Van Elle	2.60%	7.10%	2.72%

Do analysts prefer KINO or VANL?

Kinovo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 63.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Van Elle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinovo is more favorable than Van Elle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinovo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Van Elle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is KINO or VANL a better dividend stock?

Kinovo pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kinovo pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Van Elle 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, KINO or VANL?

Kinovo has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Van Elle has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinovo beats Van Elle on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.