BMTO vs. LORD, FLO, BMT, SLNG, FERG, DPLM, RS1, GFTU, BRCK, and SHI
Should you be buying Braime Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braime Group include Lords Group Trading (LORD), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Braime Group (BMT), H C Slingsby (SLNG), Ferguson (FERG), Diploma (DPLM), RS Group (RS1), Grafton Group (GFTU), Brickability Group (BRCK), and SIG (SHI). These companies are all part of the "industrial distribution" industry.
Braime Group vs. Its Competitors
Braime Group (LON:BMTO) and Lords Group Trading (LON:LORD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Braime Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lords Group Trading. Lords Group Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braime Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lords Group Trading has a consensus price target of GBX 80, indicating a potential upside of 135.29%. Given Lords Group Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lords Group Trading is more favorable than Braime Group.
In the previous week, Lords Group Trading had 4 more articles in the media than Braime Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lords Group Trading and 0 mentions for Braime Group. Braime Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lords Group Trading's score of -0.02 indicating that Braime Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4.2% of Braime Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Lords Group Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Braime Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Lords Group Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Braime Group has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Lords Group Trading's net margin of -0.40%. Braime Group's return on equity of 8.80% beat Lords Group Trading's return on equity.
Braime Group has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lords Group Trading has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Braime Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Lords Group Trading pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Braime Group pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lords Group Trading pays out -138.7% 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. Lords Group Trading is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Lords Group Trading beats Braime Group on 10 of the 18 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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This page (LON:BMTO) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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