EPWN vs. NXR, SUR, SRAD, ECEL, ALU, KGP, 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), The Alumasc Group (ALU), Kingspan Group (KGP), 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.
Epwin Group (LON:EPWN) and Norcros (LON:NXR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Epwin Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Norcros pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
42.2% of Epwin Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Norcros shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Epwin Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Norcros shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Epwin Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norcros has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Norcros received 76 more outperform votes than Epwin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.52% of users gave Norcros an outperform vote while only 69.20% of users gave Epwin Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Epwin Group had 4 more articles in the media than Norcros. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Epwin Group and 0 mentions for Norcros. Epwin Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Norcros' score of 0.67 indicating that Epwin Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Norcros has a consensus price target of GBX 362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.60%. Given Norcros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Norcros is more favorable than Epwin Group.
Summary
Norcros beats Epwin Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EPWN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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