PRV vs. ELIX, LUCE, XPP, GFRD, RCDO, VP, FNTL, RWA, CHRT, and SHI
Should you be buying Porvair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Porvair include Elixirr International (ELIX), Luceco (LUCE), XP Power (XPP), Galliford Try (GFRD), Ricardo (RCDO), VP (VP), Fintel (FNTL), Robert Walters (RWA), Cohort (CHRT), and SIG (SHI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Elixirr International (LON:ELIX) and Porvair (LON:PRV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Elixirr International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Porvair pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 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.
26.7% of Elixirr International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Porvair shares are held by institutional investors. 49.3% of Elixirr International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Porvair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Elixirr International has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Elixirr International's net margin of 9.07%. Porvair's return on equity of 16.00% beat Elixirr International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Porvair's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Elixirr International'saverage media sentiment score.
Porvair received 182 more outperform votes than Elixirr International when rated by MarketBeat users.
Elixirr International has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Porvair has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Elixirr International and Porvair tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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