FORT vs. BREE, PLP, SRC, IBST, MSLH, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and HOC
Should you be buying Forterra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forterra include Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), and Hochschild Mining (HOC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Forterra vs. Its Competitors
Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and Forterra (LON:FORT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Breedon Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forterra has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Breedon Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 578.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.61%. Forterra has a consensus price target of GBX 218.15, indicating a potential upside of 10.85%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than Forterra.
62.3% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Forterra shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Forterra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Forterra had 2 more articles in the media than Breedon Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forterra and 0 mentions for Breedon Group. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Breedon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Forterra's net margin of 2.46%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 8.58% beat Forterra's return on equity.
Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Breedon Group pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Forterra pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breedon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Breedon Group received 84 more outperform votes than Forterra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.64% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 74.40% of users gave Forterra an outperform vote.
Breedon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Forterra. Breedon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forterra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Breedon Group beats Forterra on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:FORT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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