De La Rue (DLAR) Competitors

RWS (LON:RWS) and De La Rue (LON:DLAR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Does the media favor RWS or DLAR?

In the previous week, RWS had 2 more articles in the media than De La Rue. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RWS and 0 mentions for De La Rue. RWS's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat De La Rue's score of 0.00 indicating that RWS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RWS	Neutral
De La Rue	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RWS or DLAR?

RWS received 27 more outperform votes than De La Rue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave RWS an outperform vote while only 64.98% of users gave De La Rue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RWS	Outperform Votes 207 71.63%	Underperform Votes 82 28.37%
De La Rue	Outperform Votes 180 64.98%	Underperform Votes 97 35.02%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RWS or DLAR?

69.3% of RWS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of De La Rue shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of RWS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of De La Rue shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RWS or DLAR?

De La Rue has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RWS. RWS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than De La Rue, 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
RWS	£717.80M	0.81	-£37.50M	-£0.09	-1,757.78
De La Rue	£310.30M	0.70	-£20M	-£0.10	-1,110.00

Which has more risk and volatility, RWS or DLAR?

RWS has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, De La Rue has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RWS or DLAR a better dividend stock?

RWS pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. De La Rue pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.7%. RWS pays out -13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. De La Rue pays out -23,000.0% 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. De La Rue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend RWS or DLAR?

RWS presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 108.60%. Given RWS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RWS is more favorable than De La Rue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RWS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
De La Rue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is RWS or DLAR more profitable?

RWS has a net margin of -5.22% compared to De La Rue's net margin of -6.45%. RWS's return on equity of -3.80% beat De La Rue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RWS	-5.22%	-3.80%	3.42%
De La Rue	-6.45%	-151.59%	3.47%

Summary

RWS beats De La Rue on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.