EPWN vs. NXR, SRAD, SUR, ECEL, KGP, ALU, NTBR, TON, HSM, and LIFS
Should you be buying Epwin Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Epwin Group include Norcros (NXR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Sureserve Group (SUR), Eurocell (ECEL), 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.
Epwin Group vs. Its Competitors
Norcros (LON:NXR) and Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Epwin Group had 3 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Epwin Group and 0 mentions for Norcros. Epwin Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Epwin Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norcros has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epwin Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Norcros pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Epwin Group pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than Epwin Group. Norcros is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epwin Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.2% of Norcros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.2% of Epwin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Norcros shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.5% of Epwin Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Norcros presently has a consensus price target of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.27%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Norcros is more favorable than Epwin Group.
Norcros has a net margin of 6.83% compared to Epwin Group's net margin of 2.81%. Norcros' return on equity of 12.35% beat Epwin Group's return on equity.
Summary
Norcros beats Epwin Group on 13 of the 18 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:EPWN) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
