Eleco (ELCO) Competitors

Eleco (LON:ELCO) and NCC Group (LON:NCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ELCO or NCC?

30.3% of Eleco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of NCC Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of Eleco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NCC Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ELCO or NCC?

Eleco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NCC Group. NCC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eleco, 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
Eleco	£31.11M	3.82	£2.94M	£3.53	40.41
NCC Group	£326.70M	1.26	-£25.08M	-£7.94	-16.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELCO or NCC?

NCC Group received 420 more outperform votes than Eleco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.12% of users gave NCC Group an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Eleco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eleco	Outperform Votes 96 51.34%	Underperform Votes 91 48.66%
NCC Group	Outperform Votes 516 80.12%	Underperform Votes 128 19.88%

Is ELCO or NCC a better dividend stock?

Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Eleco pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NCC Group pays out -63.0% 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. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend ELCO or NCC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eleco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
NCC Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ELCO or NCC more profitable?

Eleco has a net margin of 9.46% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -7.68%. Eleco's return on equity of 10.50% beat NCC Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eleco	9.46%	10.50%	5.32%
NCC Group	-7.68%	-9.97%	2.68%

Which has more volatility & risk, ELCO or NCC?

Eleco has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCC Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ELCO or NCC?

In the previous week, NCC Group had 6 more articles in the media than Eleco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NCC Group and 1 mentions for Eleco. Eleco's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat NCC Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Eleco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eleco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NCC Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Eleco beats NCC Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.