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Forterra (FORT) Competitors

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GBX 192 +0.20 (+0.10%)
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FORT vs. PLP, SRC, BREE, IBST, MSLH, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and PAF

Should you be buying Forterra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forterra include Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Breedon Group (BREE), Ibstock (IBST), Marshalls (MSLH), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), and Pan African Resources (PAF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Forterra vs. Its Competitors

Genuit Group (LON:PLP) and Forterra (LON:FORT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Forterra had 5 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Forterra and 0 mentions for Genuit Group. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Genuit Group Neutral
Forterra Neutral

Forterra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genuit Group. Genuit Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forterra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genuit Group£398.60M0.00N/A£8.40N/A
Forterra£377.30M1.07£7.82M£0.072,594.59

80.4% of Forterra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forterra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Forterra has a net margin of 2.46% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 0.00%. Forterra's return on equity of 3.76% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genuit GroupN/A N/A N/A
Forterra 2.46%3.76%4.97%

Forterra has a consensus target price of GBX 241.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.95%. Given Forterra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forterra is more favorable than Genuit Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genuit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Forterra
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Forterra beats Genuit Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORT vs. The Competition

MetricForterraBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£404.96M£9.18B£3.63B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.04%2.57%5.05%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,594.59692.47157.425,413.75
Price / Sales1.0783.2616,915.1996,768.97
Price / Cash12.308.0624.1827.93
Price / Book1.851.196.698.57
Net Income£7.82M£601.32M£149.17M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.42%0.04%1.75%6.51%
1 Month Performance0.10%0.44%10.30%50.65%
1 Year Performance10.73%18.97%44.49%171.62%

Forterra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORT
Forterra
3.6244 of 5 stars
GBX 192
+0.1%
GBX 241.83
+26.0%
+10.6%£404.96M£377.30M2,594.591,787
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
0.9064 of 5 stars
GBX 120
-2.3%
GBX 140
+16.7%
+85.0%£1.30B£962.51M6,153.852,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
BREE
Breedon Group
3.4837 of 5 stars
GBX 370
flat
GBX 561.67
+51.8%
-11.0%£1.28B£1.63B1,423.083,900
IBST
Ibstock
3.0871 of 5 stars
GBX 133.80
-0.7%
GBX 189.33
+41.5%
-25.6%£528.06M£381.46M4,460.001,943
MSLH
Marshalls
3.8516 of 5 stars
GBX 174.60
-1.8%
GBX 327.50
+87.6%
-47.6%£441.48M£632M1,857.452,726Negative News
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
N/AGBX 101
+5.2%
GBX 156.67
+55.1%
-2.5%£92.90M£70.49M1,797.15346
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 16.01
-8.5%
N/A+19.2%£35.06M£84.92M3,480.43799Gap Down
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 5.40
+30.1%
N/A-57.3%£5.47M£1.39M-108.0024Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CRH
CRH
1.0251 of 5 stars
GBX 8,214
-1.2%
GBX 8,601
+4.7%
+27.0%£55.15B£36.35B1,722.0177,400
PAF
Pan African Resources
0.9772 of 5 stars
GBX 76.90
+2.4%
GBX 53
-31.1%
+140.6%£1.56B£372.04M1,763.762,469News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:FORT) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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