COD vs. SRAD, NXR, ECEL, TYMN, EPWN, JHD, FAN, GEN, AVON, and MCG
Should you be buying Compagnie de Saint-Gobain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain include Stelrad Group (SRAD), Norcros (NXR), Eurocell (ECEL), Tyman (TYMN), Epwin Group (EPWN), James Halstead (JHD), Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Avon Protection (AVON), and Mobico Group (MCG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Stelrad Group (LON:SRAD) and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
36.8% of Stelrad Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. 65.3% of Stelrad Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 5.57% compared to Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's net margin of 5.01%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 28.93% beat Stelrad Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain had 1 more articles in the media than Stelrad Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and 0 mentions for Stelrad Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Stelrad Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Stelrad Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain received 194 more outperform votes than Stelrad Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Stelrad Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 210 per share and has a dividend yield of 299.7%. Stelrad Group pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 4,015.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Stelrad Group. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stelrad Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Stelrad Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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