ALU vs. COD, NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, KGP, ECEL, NTBR, TON, and HSM
Should you be buying The Alumasc Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Alumasc Group include Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), Eurocell (ECEL), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), and Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
The Alumasc Group vs. Its Competitors
The Alumasc Group (LON:ALU) and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. The Alumasc Group pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than The Alumasc Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Alumasc Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
22.7% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of The Alumasc Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain had 2 more articles in the media than The Alumasc Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and 0 mentions for The Alumasc Group. The Alumasc Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Compagnie de Saint-Gobain'saverage media sentiment score.
The Alumasc Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Alumasc Group has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's net margin of 6.20%. The Alumasc Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats The Alumasc Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ALU) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
