VSVS vs. BREE, CEY, VCT, ELM, HOC, SRC, ADT1, MSLH, ATYM, and IBST
Should you be buying Vesuvius stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vesuvius include Breedon Group (BREE), Centamin (CEY), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Hochschild Mining (HOC), SigmaRoc (SRC), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Marshalls (MSLH), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), and Ibstock (IBST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Vesuvius (LON:VSVS) and Breedon Group (LON:BREE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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 has a net margin of 7.09% compared to Vesuvius' net margin of 6.14%. Vesuvius' return on equity of 9.90% beat Breedon Group's return on equity.
Vesuvius has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Breedon Group has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 571.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.43%. Breedon Group has a consensus price target of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than Breedon Group.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 1 more articles in the media than Vesuvius. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Breedon Group and 1 mentions for Vesuvius. Vesuvius' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Breedon Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Vesuvius is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.2% of Vesuvius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Breedon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vesuvius shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Breedon Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Vesuvius beats Breedon Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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