The Alumasc Group (ALU) Competitors

The Alumasc Group (LON:ALU) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is ALU or NXR more profitable?

The Alumasc Group has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Norcros' net margin of 6.83%. The Alumasc Group's return on equity of 29.24% beat Norcros' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Alumasc Group	8.69%	29.24%	11.16%
Norcros	6.83%	12.35%	6.15%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALU or NXR?

27.8% of The Alumasc Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. 47.2% of The Alumasc Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Norcros shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ALU or NXR?

In the previous week, The Alumasc Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Norcros'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Alumasc Group	Neutral
Norcros	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALU or NXR?

The Alumasc Group received 156 more outperform votes than Norcros when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.52% of users gave Norcros an outperform vote while only 82.92% of users gave The Alumasc Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Alumasc Group	Outperform Votes 432 82.92%	Underperform Votes 89 17.08%
Norcros	Outperform Votes 276 86.52%	Underperform Votes 43 13.48%

Do analysts prefer ALU or NXR?

Norcros has a consensus price target of GBX 362.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.76%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than The Alumasc Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Alumasc Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Norcros	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ALU or NXR a better dividend stock?

The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. The Alumasc Group pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norcros pays out 33.2% 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. Norcros is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ALU or NXR?

Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than The Alumasc Group. Norcros 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Alumasc Group	£99.64M	1.28	£8.65M	£24.47	14.71
Norcros	£392.22M	0.56	£26.81M	£30.11	8.20

Which has more risk and volatility, ALU or NXR?

The Alumasc Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Norcros beats The Alumasc Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.