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The Alumasc Group (ALU) Competitors

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GBX 365 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/4/2025

ALU vs. NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, EPWN, KGP, NTBR, TON, HSM, and LIFS

Should you be buying The Alumasc Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Alumasc Group include Norcros (NXR), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Eurocell (ECEL), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and LifeSafe (LIFS). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.

The Alumasc Group vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, The Alumasc Group had 2 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Alumasc Group and 0 mentions for Norcros. The Alumasc Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 equaled Norcros'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Alumasc Group Neutral
Norcros Neutral

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 Group8.69% 29.24% 11.16%
Norcros 6.83%12.35%6.15%

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

Norcros has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.26%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Alumasc Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Alumasc Group£99.64M1.30£8.65M£24.4714.92
Norcros£392.22M0.62£26.81M£30.118.97

Summary

Norcros beats The Alumasc Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALU vs. The Competition

MetricThe Alumasc GroupBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£129.82M£3.38B£7.53B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.09%3.03%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio14.9253.8624.99147.88
Price / Sales1.3087.28118.75258,917.23
Price / Cash6.5517.0727.4427.97
Price / Book3.911.784.364.61
Net Income£8.65M£18.85B£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.95%0.85%2.18%1.04%
1 Month Performance-3.50%1.68%5.72%5.12%
1 Year Performance92.97%4.61%31.80%80.81%

The Alumasc Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALU
The Alumasc Group
N/AGBX 365
flat
N/A+88.5%£129.82M£99.64M14.92420
NXR
Norcros
3.5239 of 5 stars
GBX 274
-1.4%
GBX 362.50
+32.3%
+21.3%£245.03M£392.22M9.102,400
SUR
Sureserve Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£212.37M£304.16M1,383.332,756
SRAD
Stelrad Group
N/AGBX 159
+2.6%
N/A+47.6%£211.23M£306.97M13.662,960High Trading Volume
ECEL
Eurocell
N/AGBX 152
-1.3%
GBX 300
+97.4%
+19.2%£154.70M£330.14M13.382,101Gap Up
EPWN
Epwin Group
N/AGBX 107
-1.8%
N/A+26.9%£146.99M£310.67M16.842,151Positive News
KGP
Kingspan Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£132.44M£8.34B22.4722,000
NTBR
Northern Bear
N/AGBX 81.67
+1.5%
N/A+35.3%£11.23M£55.17M8.61411
TON
Titon
N/AGBX 84
+3.7%
N/A+15.0%£9.45M£19.37M-9.64183
HSM
Samuel Heath & Sons
N/AGBX 315
+1.6%
N/A+14.5%£7.97M£15.24M1,050.00141Dividend Cut
LIFS
LifeSafe
N/AGBX 6.80
+0.7%
N/A-29.1%£3.26M£7.04M-1.3812Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (LON:ALU) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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