ECEL vs. COD, NXR, SUR, SRAD, EPWN, KGP, ALU, NTBR, TON, and HSM
Should you be buying Eurocell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eurocell include Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Norcros (NXR), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), and Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Eurocell vs. Its Competitors
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (LON:COD) and Eurocell (LON:ECEL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
47.8% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Eurocell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Eurocell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has a net margin of 6.20% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 3.51%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's return on equity of 12.19% beat Eurocell's return on equity.
In the previous week, Eurocell had 1 more articles in the media than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eurocell and 2 mentions for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Eurocell's score of -0.18 indicating that Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eurocell pays out 82.9% 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 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eurocell has a consensus price target of GBX 270, indicating a potential upside of 107.69%. Given Eurocell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocell. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain beats Eurocell on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ECEL) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
