CRH (CRH) Competitors

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and CRH (LON:CRH) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SVT or CRH?

Severn Trent received 47 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Severn Trent	Outperform Votes 367 52.35%	Underperform Votes 334 47.65%
CRH	Outperform Votes 320 64.26%	Underperform Votes 178 35.74%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SVT or CRH?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Severn Trent. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Severn Trent	£2.97B	2.79	£177.90M	£59.91	46.32
CRH	£44.94B	1.36	£4.69B	£437.92	16.37

Is SVT or CRH a better dividend stock?

Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CRH pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SVT or CRH more profitable?

CRH has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of 6.00%. CRH's return on equity of 18.07% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Severn Trent	6.00%	10.40%	2.35%
CRH	10.44%	18.07%	6.20%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SVT or CRH?

75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CRH shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SVT or CRH?

Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SVT or CRH?

Severn Trent currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential downside of 6.31%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than CRH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Severn Trent	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to SVT or CRH?

In the previous week, Severn Trent had 4 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Severn Trent and 1 mentions for CRH. Severn Trent's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat CRH's score of 0.30 indicating that Severn Trent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CRH	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

CRH beats Severn Trent on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.