Eleco (ELCO) Competitors

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

Is CER or ELCO more profitable?

Cerillion has a net margin of 34.15% compared to Eleco's net margin of 9.46%. Cerillion's return on equity of 30.92% beat Eleco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cerillion	34.15%	30.92%	19.33%
Eleco	9.46%	10.50%	5.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CER or ELCO?

Cerillion received 65 more outperform votes than Eleco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Cerillion an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave Eleco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cerillion	Outperform Votes 161 65.98%	Underperform Votes 83 34.02%
Eleco	Outperform Votes 96 51.34%	Underperform Votes 91 48.66%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CER or ELCO?

Cerillion has higher revenue and earnings than Eleco. Cerillion 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
Cerillion	£41.39M	11.25	£14.14M	£47.44	33.09
Eleco	£31.11M	3.17	£2.94M	£3.53	33.47

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CER or ELCO?

43.2% of Cerillion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of Eleco shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.8% of Cerillion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Eleco 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.

Does the media favor CER or ELCO?

In the previous week, Cerillion and Cerillion both had 2 articles in the media. Cerillion's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Eleco's score of 0.27 indicating that Cerillion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cerillion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eleco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CER or ELCO?

Cerillion has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eleco has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CER or ELCO a better dividend stock?

Cerillion pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Eleco pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cerillion pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eleco pays out 28.3% 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.

Do analysts prefer CER or ELCO?

Cerillion presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,682.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.17%. Given Cerillion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cerillion is more favorable than Eleco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cerillion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Eleco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Cerillion beats Eleco on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.