Aquila European Renewables (AERI) Competitors

Aquila European Renewables (LON:AERI) and El Oro (LON:ELX) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is AERI or ELX a better dividend stock?

Aquila European Renewables pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 877.2%. El Oro pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share. Aquila European Renewables pays out -6,714.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. El Oro pays out -1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aquila European Renewables is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AERI or ELX?

El Oro received 53 more outperform votes than Aquila European Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aquila European Renewables	N/A	N/A
El Oro	Outperform Votes 53 59.55%	Underperform Votes 36 40.45%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AERI or ELX?

El Oro has higher revenue and earnings than Aquila European Renewables. Aquila European Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Oro, 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
Aquila European Renewables	-£2.58B	-0.08	-£2.75B	-£0.07	-7.65
El Oro	-£7.25M	0.00	N/A	-£2.50	N/A

Is AERI or ELX more profitable?

Aquila European Renewables has a net margin of 106.46% compared to El Oro's net margin of 0.00%. El Oro's return on equity of 0.00% beat Aquila European Renewables' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aquila European Renewables	106.46%	-7.26%	N/A
El Oro	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AERI or ELX?

75.0% of Aquila European Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Aquila European Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to AERI or ELX?

In the previous week, Aquila European Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled El Oro'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aquila European Renewables	Neutral
El Oro	Neutral

Summary

Aquila European Renewables beats El Oro on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.