VSVS vs. BREE, VCT, CEY, ELM, HOC, SRC, ADT1, MSLH, IBST, and ATYM
Should you be buying Vesuvius stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vesuvius include Breedon Group (BREE), Victrex (VCT), Centamin (CEY), Elementis (ELM), Hochschild Mining (HOC), SigmaRoc (SRC), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), and Atalaya Mining (ATYM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Vesuvius has higher revenue and earnings than Breedon Group. Vesuvius is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Breedon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 4 more articles in the media than Vesuvius. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Breedon Group and 1 mentions for Vesuvius. Breedon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Vesuvius' score of 0.54 indicating that Vesuvius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.2% of Breedon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Vesuvius shares are held by institutional investors. 21.2% of Breedon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Vesuvius shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Breedon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 14.02%. Vesuvius has a consensus target price of GBX 571.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than Breedon Group.
Breedon Group received 15 more outperform votes than Vesuvius when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.50% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Vesuvius an outperform vote.
Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Breedon Group pays out 4,516.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vesuvius pays out 5,227.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Breedon Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vesuvius has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 7.09% compared to Breedon Group's net margin of 6.14%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 9.90% beat Vesuvius' return on equity.
Summary
Vesuvius beats Breedon Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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