FORT vs. MBH, IBST, MSLH, SRC, BREE, CAML, FXPO, GGP, TET, and KMR
Should you be buying Forterra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forterra include Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), SigmaRoc (SRC), Breedon Group (BREE), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Greatland Gold (GGP), Treatt (TET), and Kenmare Resources (KMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) and Forterra (LON:FORT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
36.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of Forterra shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.4% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Forterra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forterra has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forterra has higher revenue and earnings than Michelmersh Brick. Michelmersh Brick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forterra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 3 more articles in the media than Forterra. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 1 mentions for Forterra. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of 0.00 indicating that Michelmersh Brick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forterra received 179 more outperform votes than Michelmersh Brick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.89% of users gave Forterra an outperform vote while only 71.88% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.
Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 12.49% compared to Michelmersh Brick's net margin of 3.69%. Forterra's return on equity of 10.63% beat Michelmersh Brick's return on equity.
Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Michelmersh Brick pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Forterra pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Michelmersh Brick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Michelmersh Brick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, indicating a potential upside of 79.30%. Forterra has a consensus target price of GBX 211.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.90%. Given Forterra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Forterra.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Forterra on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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