Ferrexpo (FXPO) Competitors

EVRAZ (LON:EVR) and Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is EVR or FXPO a better dividend stock?

EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share. Ferrexpo pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 pays out -40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferrexpo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVR or FXPO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVRAZ	Outperform Votes 187 47.70%	Underperform Votes 205 52.30%
Ferrexpo	Outperform Votes 797 59.39%	Underperform Votes 545 40.61%

Which has more risk and volatility, EVR or FXPO?

EVRAZ has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferrexpo has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EVR or FXPO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EVRAZ	£15.40B	0.00	£2.23B	£1.92	N/A
Ferrexpo	£1.07B	0.51	-£69.51M	-£7.47	-9.83

Is EVR or FXPO more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVRAZ	11.76%	63.37%	27.67%
Ferrexpo	-6.50%	-5.13%	2.21%

Does the media prefer EVR or FXPO?

In the previous week, EVRAZ and EVRAZ both had 1 articles in the media. Ferrexpo's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat EVRAZ's score of 0.00 indicating that Ferrexpo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EVRAZ	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ferrexpo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EVR or FXPO?

1.4% of EVRAZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Ferrexpo shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.4% of Ferrexpo shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Ferrexpo beats EVRAZ on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.