MSLH vs. SRC, IBST, FORT, BREE, ADT1, HOC, ATYM, TKO, ELM, and ESNT
Should you be buying Marshalls stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marshalls include SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Breedon Group (BREE), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Taseko Mines (TKO), Elementis (ELM), and Essentra (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) and Marshalls (LON:MSLH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Marshalls had 1 more articles in the media than SigmaRoc. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Marshalls and 0 mentions for SigmaRoc. Marshalls' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SigmaRoc'saverage media sentiment score.
Marshalls has a consensus target price of GBX 420, indicating a potential upside of 59.39%. Given SigmaRoc's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marshalls is more favorable than SigmaRoc.
Marshalls has a net margin of 2.77% compared to Marshalls' net margin of 2.33%. Marshalls' return on equity of 3.40% beat SigmaRoc's return on equity.
49.4% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Marshalls shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Marshalls 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.
SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marshalls has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marshalls has higher revenue and earnings than SigmaRoc. SigmaRoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marshalls, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marshalls received 229 more outperform votes than SigmaRoc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave SigmaRoc an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Marshalls an outperform vote.
Summary
Marshalls beats SigmaRoc on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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