VANL vs. SFR, CTO, BILN, SMJ, HERC, KINO, GYG, NEXS, TGP, and AUK
Should you be buying Van Elle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Van Elle include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Kinovo (KINO), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Van Elle vs.
Van Elle (LON:VANL) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
58.3% of Van Elle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Van Elle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Van Elle has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Van Elle. Severfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Van Elle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Severfield has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Van Elle's net margin of 3.02%. Van Elle's return on equity of 8.12% beat Severfield's return on equity.
Severfield received 22 more outperform votes than Van Elle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Severfield an outperform vote while only 75.28% of users gave Van Elle an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Van Elle's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severfield'saverage media sentiment score.
Van Elle pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Van Elle pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Severfield beats Van Elle on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VANL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
