Epwin Group (EPWN) Competitors

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

Is EPWN or COD more profitable?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Epwin Group's net margin of 2.81%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.41% beat Epwin Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Epwin Group	2.81%	8.84%	4.30%
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	6.20%	12.41%	5.45%

Does the media prefer EPWN or COD?

In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain had 1 more articles in the media than Epwin Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and 0 mentions for Epwin Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Epwin Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Epwin Group	Neutral
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Positive

Is EPWN or COD a better dividend stock?

Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 234.5%. Epwin Group pays out 8,333.3% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, EPWN or COD?

Epwin Group has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EPWN or COD?

42.2% of Epwin Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of Epwin Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPWN or COD?

Epwin Group received 6 more outperform votes than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.68% of users gave Compagnie de Saint-Gobain an outperform vote while only 69.69% of users gave Epwin Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Epwin Group	Outperform Votes 200 69.69%	Underperform Votes 87 30.31%
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Outperform Votes 194 76.68%	Underperform Votes 59 23.32%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EPWN or COD?

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Epwin Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epwin Group, 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
Epwin Group	£323.40M	0.46	£9.10M	£0.06	1,791.67
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	£46.45B	0.01	£2.88B	£5.69	15.74

Summary

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Epwin Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.