VCT vs. ELM, ESNT, SYNT, TET, JMAT, VSVS, BREE, HOC, CEY, and SRC
Should you be buying Victrex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victrex include Elementis (ELM), Essentra (ESNT), Synthomer (SYNT), Treatt (TET), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Vesuvius (VSVS), Breedon Group (BREE), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Centamin (CEY), and SigmaRoc (SRC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Victrex (LON:VCT) and Elementis (LON:ELM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Victrex has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
Victrex has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elementis has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. 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.
98.0% of Victrex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Victrex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Elementis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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. Elementis' average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Victrex's score of 0.00 indicating that Elementis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Victrex presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,707.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.04%. Elementis has a consensus target price of GBX 164.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.72%. Given Victrex's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Victrex is more favorable than Elementis.
Summary
Victrex and Elementis tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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