Sylvania Platinum (SLP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SLP or YOU?

17.8% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of YouGov shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Sylvania Platinum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of YouGov shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SLP or YOU?

Sylvania Platinum received 10 more outperform votes than YouGov when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.59% of users gave Sylvania Platinum an outperform vote while only 67.47% of users gave YouGov an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sylvania Platinum	Outperform Votes 234 79.59%	Underperform Votes 60 20.41%
YouGov	Outperform Votes 224 67.47%	Underperform Votes 108 32.53%

Is SLP or YOU a better dividend stock?

Sylvania Platinum pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. YouGov pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sylvania Platinum pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YouGov pays out 4,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer SLP or YOU?

YouGov has a consensus target price of GBX 905, indicating a potential upside of 135.06%. Given YouGov's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe YouGov is more favorable than Sylvania Platinum.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SLP or YOU?

YouGov has higher revenue and earnings than Sylvania Platinum. 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
Sylvania Platinum	£81.71M	1.44	£6.98M	£0.02	2,250.00
YouGov	£270M	1.67	£22.70M	£0.20	1,925.00

Does the media favor SLP or YOU?

In the previous week, YouGov had 9 more articles in the media than Sylvania Platinum. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for YouGov and 1 mentions for Sylvania Platinum. Sylvania Platinum's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat YouGov's score of 0.00 indicating that Sylvania Platinum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sylvania Platinum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YouGov	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SLP or YOU more profitable?

Sylvania Platinum has a net margin of 8.55% compared to YouGov's net margin of 8.41%. YouGov's return on equity of 14.24% beat Sylvania Platinum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sylvania Platinum	8.55%	3.01%	1.69%
YouGov	8.41%	14.24%	4.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, SLP or YOU?

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

Summary

YouGov beats Sylvania Platinum on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.