Contrasting Vesuvius (CKSNF) & Its Peers

Vesuvius (OTCMKTS:CKSNF) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Vesuvius to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.7% of Vesuvius shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Vesuvius pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Vesuvius pays out 33.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.5% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Vesuvius lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Vesuvius and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vesuvius	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vesuvius Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.50%	-2.08%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Vesuvius and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vesuvius	0	1	1	0	2.50
Vesuvius Competitors	6313	22411	32019	1754	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Vesuvius’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vesuvius has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vesuvius and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vesuvius	N/A	N/A	9.86
Vesuvius Competitors	$169.66 billion	$267.82 million	-21.24

Vesuvius’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Vesuvius. Vesuvius is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Vesuvius peers beat Vesuvius on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Vesuvius Company Profile

Vesuvius plc provides molten metal flow engineering and technology services to steel and foundry casting industries worldwide. It operates through Flow Control, Sensor & Probes, and Advanced Refractories segments. The company provides consumables and equipment, which includes binders, coatings, feeding systems, filtration and gating systems, melt shop refractories, metallurgical and pouring control systems, die dressings and coatings, melt treatment products, crucibles, and ceramics for the iron, steel, and nonferrous foundries. It also offers nonferrous metals, such as copper; primary and secondary aluminum, molten metal systems, and moldable and other products, as well as refractory consumables, analysis, and precast shapes; and other metal and alloy including nickel, vanadium, titanium, ferro alloy, lead, tin, and zinc. In addition, the company provides mineral processing solutions, which includes cement and lime solutions, iron ore pelletizing and calcination products, and grains and powders; and hydro carbon solutions, such as process heaters, FCC units, hydrogen reformers, boilers, coke calciners, and thermal oxidizers, as well as sulphur, ethylene, and ammonia plants. It also offers power generation and incineration; glass products comprising artistic, display, float, hollow, and optical glass; glass tempering, and reheat and forming products; and solutions for solar multicrystal silicon ingots, thin film and cell processing, and feedstock. Further, it provides iron making comprising stack solutions, casthouse, and iron ladle; steel making, including melting; continuous casting; ingot casting; steel finishing, such as reheat furnaces, steal hot forming, and galvanized and electrical steel; and laser technologies. The company was formerly known as Vesuvius Technologies plc and changed its name to Vesuvius plc in October 2012. Vesuvius plc was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.