E-L Financial (ELF) Competitors

Shawcor (TSE:SCL) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Is SCL or ELF more profitable?

E-L Financial has a net margin of 39.40% compared to Shawcor's net margin of 0.16%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 16.57% beat Shawcor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shawcor	0.16%	0.20%	3.80%
E-L Financial	39.40%	16.57%	4.52%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SCL or ELF?

37.0% of Shawcor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Shawcor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SCL or ELF?

Shawcor has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCL or ELF?

Shawcor received 244 more outperform votes than E-L Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 61.10% of users gave Shawcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shawcor	Outperform Votes 333 61.10%	Underperform Votes 212 38.90%
E-L Financial	Outperform Votes 89 71.20%	Underperform Votes 36 28.80%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SCL or ELF?

E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Shawcor. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shawcor, 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
Shawcor	C$1.35B	0.85	C$2.19M	C$0.03	552.33
E-L Financial	C$3.16B	1.47	C$1.21B	C$328.55	4.08

Does the media prefer SCL or ELF?

In the previous week, E-L Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Shawcor. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for E-L Financial and 0 mentions for Shawcor. E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Shawcor's score of 0.00 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shawcor	Neutral
E-L Financial	Positive

Summary

E-L Financial beats Shawcor on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.