EPWN vs. NXR, SUR, SRAD, 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), Sureserve Group (SUR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), 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
Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Norcros has higher revenue and earnings than Epwin Group. Epwin Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norcros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Epwin Group pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norcros pays out 264.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Epwin Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
22.7% of Epwin Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Epwin Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Norcros shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Epwin Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Epwin Group had 1 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Epwin Group and 0 mentions for Norcros. Epwin Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Norcros' score of 0.00 indicating that Epwin Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Norcros has a consensus target price of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.28%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than Epwin Group.
Summary
Norcros beats Epwin Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EPWN) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
