Eurocell (ECEL) Competitors

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Eurocell (LON:ECEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COD or ECEL?

52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Eurocell shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Eurocell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer COD or ECEL?

Eurocell has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Eurocell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Eurocell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is COD or ECEL a better dividend stock?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 234.5%. Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 3,690.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eurocell pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor COD or ECEL?

In the previous week, Eurocell had 4 more articles in the media than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eurocell and 1 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Eurocell's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's score of 0.58 indicating that Eurocell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eurocell	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COD or ECEL?

Eurocell received 108 more outperform votes than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.53% of users gave Eurocell an outperform vote while only 76.68% of users gave Compagnie de Saint-Gobain an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Outperform Votes 194 76.68%	Underperform Votes 59 23.32%
Eurocell	Outperform Votes 302 80.53%	Underperform Votes 73 19.47%

Which has more volatility and risk, COD or ECEL?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COD or ECEL?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocell. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, 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
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	£46.45B	0.01	£2.88B	£5.69	15.74
Eurocell	£355.80M	0.52	£12.50M	£0.11	1,636.36

Is COD or ECEL more profitable?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 3.51%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.41% beat Eurocell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	6.20%	12.41%	5.45%
Eurocell	3.51%	11.57%	4.28%

Summary

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and Eurocell tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.