ECEL vs. NXR, SRAD, SUR, EPWN, KGP, ALU, NTBR, TON, HSM, and LIFS
Should you be buying Eurocell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eurocell include Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Epwin Group (EPWN), Kingspan Group (KGP), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), and LifeSafe (LIFS). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Eurocell vs. Its Competitors
Eurocell (LON:ECEL) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Eurocell pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Eurocell pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Eurocell has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eurocell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 96.72%. Norcros has a consensus price target of GBX 362.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.82%. Given Eurocell's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Eurocell is more favorable than Norcros.
84.4% of Eurocell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Eurocell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Norcros shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocell. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eurocell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eurocell had 3 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eurocell and 0 mentions for Norcros. Eurocell's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Eurocell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Norcros has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Eurocell's net margin of 3.51%. Norcros' return on equity of 12.35% beat Eurocell's return on equity.
Summary
Norcros beats Eurocell on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:ECEL) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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