Vesuvius (VSVS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VSVS or EVR?

82.1% of Vesuvius shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of EVRAZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Vesuvius shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, VSVS or EVR?

Vesuvius has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVRAZ has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VSVS or EVR?

Vesuvius received 223 more outperform votes than EVRAZ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Vesuvius an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave EVRAZ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vesuvius	Outperform Votes 410 60.38%	Underperform Votes 269 39.62%
EVRAZ	Outperform Votes 187 47.70%	Underperform Votes 205 52.30%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VSVS or EVR?

EVRAZ has higher revenue and earnings than Vesuvius. EVRAZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vesuvius, 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
Vesuvius	£1.87B	0.57	£104M	£0.39	1,055.04
EVRAZ	£15.40B	0.08	£2.23B	£1.92	42.19

Do analysts rate VSVS or EVR?

Vesuvius presently has a consensus target price of GBX 581.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.36%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than EVRAZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vesuvius	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
EVRAZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is VSVS or EVR a better dividend stock?

Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share and has a dividend yield of 93.8%. Vesuvius pays out 5,897.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. EVRAZ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is VSVS or EVR more profitable?

EVRAZ has a net margin of 11.76% compared to Vesuvius' net margin of 5.56%. EVRAZ's return on equity of 63.37% beat Vesuvius' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vesuvius	5.56%	9.20%	4.90%
EVRAZ	11.76%	63.37%	27.67%

Does the media prefer VSVS or EVR?

In the previous week, Vesuvius had 1 more articles in the media than EVRAZ. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vesuvius and 0 mentions for EVRAZ. Vesuvius' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat EVRAZ's score of 0.00 indicating that Vesuvius is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vesuvius	Positive
EVRAZ	Neutral

Summary

Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.