STCM vs. MBH, EUA, CUSN, IOF, CRPR, KEFI, ZNWD, ZIOC, SRB, and HE1
Should you be buying Steppe Cement stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steppe Cement include Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Eurasia Mining (EUA), Cornish Metals (CUSN), Iofina (IOF), James Cropper (CRPR), KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI), Zinnwald Lithium (ZNWD), Zanaga Iron Ore (ZIOC), Serabi Gold (SRB), and Helium One Global (HE1). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Michelmersh Brick (LON:MBH) and Steppe Cement (LON:STCM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Michelmersh Brick has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steppe Cement has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Michelmersh Brick has a net margin of 12.49% compared to Michelmersh Brick's net margin of 9.61%. Michelmersh Brick's return on equity of 11.37% beat Steppe Cement's return on equity.
Michelmersh Brick pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Steppe Cement pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.5%. 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. Steppe Cement pays out 16,666.7% 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, suggesting a potential upside of 71.15%. Given Steppe Cement's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Michelmersh Brick is more favorable than Steppe Cement.
36.1% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Michelmersh Brick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.7% of Steppe Cement shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Michelmersh Brick had 3 more articles in the media than Steppe Cement. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Michelmersh Brick and 2 mentions for Steppe Cement. Steppe Cement's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Michelmersh Brick's score of -0.66 indicating that Michelmersh Brick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Michelmersh Brick has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steppe Cement. Steppe Cement is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Michelmersh Brick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Michelmersh Brick received 31 more outperform votes than Steppe Cement when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.74% of users gave Steppe Cement an outperform vote while only 72.12% of users gave Michelmersh Brick an outperform vote.
Summary
Michelmersh Brick beats Steppe Cement on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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