Aeorema Communications (AEO) Competitors

Aeorema Communications (LON:AEO) and Heavitree Brewery (LON:HVT) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Is AEO or HVT a better dividend stock?

Aeorema Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Heavitree Brewery pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Aeorema Communications pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Heavitree Brewery pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AEO or HVT?

Heavitree Brewery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aeorema Communications. Heavitree Brewery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aeorema Communications, 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
Aeorema Communications	£24.68M	0.22	£360.88K	£3.49	15.61
Heavitree Brewery	£5.42M	1.40	£974.98K	£43.47	4.95

Does the media refer more to AEO or HVT?

In the previous week, Aeorema Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Heavitree Brewery. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aeorema Communications and 0 mentions for Heavitree Brewery. Aeorema Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Heavitree Brewery's score of 0.00 indicating that Aeorema Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aeorema Communications	Positive
Heavitree Brewery	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, AEO or HVT?

Aeorema Communications has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heavitree Brewery has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AEO or HVT more profitable?

Heavitree Brewery has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Aeorema Communications' net margin of 1.46%. Aeorema Communications' return on equity of 10.56% beat Heavitree Brewery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeorema Communications	1.46%	10.56%	4.43%
Heavitree Brewery	17.99%	7.95%	3.05%

Summary

Aeorema Communications beats Heavitree Brewery on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.