FXPO vs. EVR, VSVS, ZIOC, CEY, PLP, BREE, HOC, HGM, ACA, and VCT
Should you be buying Ferrexpo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferrexpo include EVRAZ (EVR), Vesuvius (VSVS), Zanaga Iron Ore (ZIOC), Centamin (CEY), Genuit Group (PLP), Breedon Group (BREE), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Highland Gold Mining Limited (HGM.L) (HGM), Acacia Mining (ACA), and Victrex (VCT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ferrexpo vs.
Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) and EVRAZ (LON:EVR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
EVRAZ has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrexpo. Ferrexpo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVRAZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ferrexpo has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVRAZ has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ferrexpo had 5 more articles in the media than EVRAZ. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ferrexpo and 1 mentions for EVRAZ. EVRAZ's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Ferrexpo's score of -0.14 indicating that EVRAZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferrexpo pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share. Ferrexpo pays out -4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EVRAZ pays out 3,958.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferrexpo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
26.4% of Ferrexpo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of EVRAZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.4% of Ferrexpo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EVRAZ has a net margin of 11.76% compared to Ferrexpo's net margin of -6.50%. EVRAZ's return on equity of 63.37% beat Ferrexpo's return on equity.
Ferrexpo received 610 more outperform votes than EVRAZ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Ferrexpo an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave EVRAZ an outperform vote.
Summary
Ferrexpo and EVRAZ tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FXPO) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff