BREE vs. SRC, MSLH, IBST, FORT, VSVS, VCT, CEY, ELM, HOC, and ADT1
Should you be buying Breedon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Breedon Group include SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Ibstock (IBST), Forterra (FORT), Vesuvius (VSVS), Victrex (VCT), Centamin (CEY), Elementis (ELM), Hochschild Mining (HOC), and Adriatic Metals (ADT1). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
SigmaRoc (LON:SRC) and Breedon Group (LON:BREE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 5 more articles in the media than SigmaRoc. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Breedon Group and 0 mentions for SigmaRoc. SigmaRoc's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Breedon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Breedon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SigmaRoc has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Breedon Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Breedon Group received 300 more outperform votes than SigmaRoc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.50% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave SigmaRoc an outperform vote.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 7.09% compared to Breedon Group's net margin of 2.33%. SigmaRoc's return on equity of 9.80% beat Breedon Group's return on equity.
Breedon Group has a consensus target price of GBX 420, suggesting a potential upside of 15.23%. Given SigmaRoc's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than SigmaRoc.
Breedon Group has higher revenue and earnings than SigmaRoc. Breedon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SigmaRoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.4% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of SigmaRoc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Breedon Group beats SigmaRoc on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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