Sylvania Platinum (SLP) Competitors

YouGov (LON:YOU) and Sylvania Platinum (LON:SLP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, YOU or SLP?

Sylvania Platinum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YouGov. YouGov is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvania Platinum, 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
YouGov	£335.28M	1.39	-£2.30M	-£1.96	-203.34
Sylvania Platinum	£99.97M	1.53	£8.54M	£2.13	22.26

Do analysts rate YOU or SLP?

YouGov presently has a consensus target price of GBX 880, indicating a potential upside of 120.55%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe YouGov is more favorable than Sylvania Platinum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YouGov	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sylvania Platinum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is YOU or SLP a better dividend stock?

YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. YouGov pays out -458.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvania Platinum pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, YOU or SLP?

YouGov has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvania Platinum has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YOU or SLP?

Sylvania Platinum received 9 more outperform votes than YouGov when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.59% of users gave Sylvania Platinum an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YouGov	Outperform Votes 225 67.57%	Underperform Votes 108 32.43%
Sylvania Platinum	Outperform Votes 234 79.59%	Underperform Votes 60 20.41%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of YOU or SLP?

59.6% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of YouGov shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by 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 YOU or SLP?

In the previous week, YouGov had 14 more articles in the media than Sylvania Platinum. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for YouGov and 4 mentions for Sylvania Platinum. Sylvania Platinum's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat YouGov's score of 0.17 indicating that Sylvania Platinum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YouGov	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sylvania Platinum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is YOU or SLP more profitable?

Sylvania Platinum has a net margin of 8.55% compared to YouGov's net margin of -0.69%. Sylvania Platinum's return on equity of 2.82% beat YouGov's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YouGov	-0.69%	-1.23%	4.89%
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	2.82%	1.69%

Summary

Sylvania Platinum beats YouGov on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.