ELCO vs. NCC, BIG, IQG, IDOX, DOTD, ACSO, APTD, NET, GHT, and TRCS
Should you be buying Eleco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eleco include NCC Group (NCC), Big Technologies (BIG), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Netcall (NET), Gresham Technologies (GHT), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Eleco vs.
NCC Group (LON:NCC) and Eleco (LON:ELCO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
NCC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. NCC Group pays out -6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eleco pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NCC Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
70.4% of NCC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of Eleco shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NCC Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Eleco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eleco has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, NCC Group had 3 more articles in the media than Eleco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NCC Group and 0 mentions for Eleco. NCC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Eleco's score of 0.00 indicating that NCC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NCC Group has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eleco has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eleco has a net margin of 9.46% compared to NCC Group's net margin of -7.68%. Eleco's return on equity of 10.81% beat NCC Group's return on equity.
Summary
NCC Group beats Eleco on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ELCO) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
