Vesuvius (VSVS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VSVS or EVR?

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

Which has higher 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	£1.81B	0.52	£100.45M	£38.67	9.47
EVRAZ	£15.40B	0.00	£2.23B	£1.92	N/A

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%	8.49%	4.90%
EVRAZ	11.76%	63.37%	27.67%

Do analysts rate VSVS or EVR?

Vesuvius currently has a consensus price target of GBX 535, indicating a potential upside of 46.10%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
EVRAZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Is VSVS or EVR a better dividend stock?

Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share. Vesuvius pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Vesuvius is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, VSVS or EVR?

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

Does the media prefer VSVS or EVR?

In the previous week, EVRAZ had 1 more articles in the media than Vesuvius. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EVRAZ and 0 mentions for Vesuvius. Vesuvius' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EVRAZ'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vesuvius	Neutral
EVRAZ	Neutral

Summary

Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.