Vesuvius (VSVS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, EVR or VSVS?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EVR or VSVS?

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
EVRAZ	£15.40B	0.00	£2.23B	£1.92	N/A
Vesuvius	£1.81B	0.46	£100.45M	£38.67	8.48

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVR or VSVS?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EVR or VSVS?

1.4% of EVRAZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Vesuvius 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.

Do analysts rate EVR or VSVS?

Vesuvius has a consensus price target of GBX 535, suggesting a potential upside of 63.21%. Given Vesuvius' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vesuvius is more favorable than EVRAZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVRAZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vesuvius	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is EVR or VSVS a better dividend stock?

EVRAZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 76 per share. Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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 pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vesuvius is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EVR or VSVS 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
EVRAZ	11.76%	63.37%	27.67%
Vesuvius	5.56%	8.49%	4.90%

Does the media favor EVR or VSVS?

In the previous week, Vesuvius had 3 more articles in the media than EVRAZ. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vesuvius and 0 mentions for EVRAZ. Vesuvius' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat EVRAZ's score of 0.00 indicating that Vesuvius is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EVRAZ	Neutral
Vesuvius	Positive

Summary

Vesuvius beats EVRAZ on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.