COD vs. NXR, EPWN, STCM, MSLH, JHD, CPS, CTR, MER, PTSG, and OCN
Should you be buying Compagnie de Saint-Gobain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain include Norcros (NXR), Epwin Group (EPWN), Steppe Cement (STCM), Marshalls (MSLH), James Halstead (JHD), Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L) (CPS), Charles Taylor (CTR), Mears Group (MER), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Ocean Wilsons (OCN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain vs.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Norcros received 67 more outperform votes than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.86% of users gave Norcros an outperform vote while only 76.68% of users gave Compagnie de Saint-Gobain an outperform vote.
Norcros has a consensus target price of GBX 365, suggesting a potential upside of 110.98%. Given Norcros' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Norcros. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norcros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Norcros' net margin of 5.63%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 14.01% beat Norcros' return on equity.
48.0% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Norcros shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 200 per share and has a dividend yield of 373.1%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 3,448.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Norcros pays out 3,703.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Norcros' score of -0.45 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Norcros on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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