ECEL vs. COD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, KGP, EPWN, ALU, TON, HSM, and NTBR
Should you be buying Eurocell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eurocell include Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Kingspan Group (KGP), Epwin Group (EPWN), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and Northern Bear (NTBR). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Eurocell vs.
Eurocell (LON:ECEL) and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 242.3%. 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 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. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
84.4% of Eurocell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Eurocell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Eurocell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Eurocell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
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.
In the previous week, Eurocell and Eurocell both had 1 articles in the media. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Eurocell's score of 0.45 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Eurocell on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ECEL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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