BREE vs. PLP, SRC, MSLH, IBST, FORT, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and AUY
Should you be buying Breedon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Breedon Group include Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), and Yamana Gold (AUY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Breedon Group vs. Its Competitors
Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and Genuit Group (LON:PLP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Breedon Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 578.33, suggesting a potential upside of 52.03%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than Genuit Group.
62.3% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 1 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Breedon Group and 0 mentions for Genuit Group. Genuit Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Breedon Group's score of -0.24 indicating that Genuit Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.00%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 8.58% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.
Breedon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Genuit Group. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Breedon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Breedon Group beats Genuit Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BREE) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff