SRC vs. MSLH, IBST, FORT, BREE, ADT1, HOC, ELM, ATYM, TKO, and ESNT
Should you be buying SigmaRoc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SigmaRoc include Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Breedon Group (BREE), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Elementis (ELM), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Taseko Mines (TKO), and Essentra (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Marshalls (LON:MSLH) and SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
82.9% of Marshalls shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of SigmaRoc shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Marshalls shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of SigmaRoc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marshalls has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. SigmaRoc's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Marshalls' score of 0.00 indicating that Marshalls is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 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.
Marshalls currently has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. Given SigmaRoc's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Marshalls is more favorable than SigmaRoc.
Summary
Marshalls beats SigmaRoc on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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