CRH vs. GLEN, RIO, AAL, ANTO, WPM, BHP, BREE, SRC, MSLH, and IBST
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Glencore (GLEN), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Anglo American (AAL), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), BHP Group (BHP), Breedon Group (BREE), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), and Ibstock (IBST). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Glencore (LON:GLEN) and CRH (LON:CRH) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
Glencore has higher revenue and earnings than CRH. Glencore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRH, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Glencore received 1958 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.68% of users gave Glencore an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
Glencore currently has a consensus price target of GBX 564, suggesting a potential upside of 29.57%. CRH has a consensus price target of GBX 5,551, suggesting a potential downside of 18.05%. Given CRH's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Glencore is more favorable than CRH.
Glencore pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 215 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Glencore 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. CRH pays out 6,268.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
46.3% of Glencore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Glencore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CRH shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CRH had 7 more articles in the media than Glencore. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CRH and 2 mentions for Glencore. Glencore's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat CRH's score of 0.05 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CRH has a net margin of 9.09% compared to CRH's net margin of 1.97%. Glencore's return on equity of 13.76% beat CRH's return on equity.
Glencore has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CRH beats Glencore on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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