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Forterra (FORT) Competitors

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GBX 197 -0.20 (-0.10%)
As of 11:52 AM Eastern

FORT vs. PLP, BREE, SRC, MSLH, IBST, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and TKO

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

Forterra vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Forterra2.46% 3.76% 4.97%
Genuit Group N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Forterra had 3 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Forterra and 0 mentions for Genuit Group. Forterra's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Forterra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Forterra Neutral
Genuit Group Neutral

Forterra currently has a consensus price target of GBX 236.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.14%. Given Forterra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forterra is more favorable than Genuit Group.

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

Forterra has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Forterra£317.99M1.27£7.82M£3.8451.36
Genuit Group£398.60M0.00N/A£8.40N/A

71.9% of Forterra shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Forterra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Forterra beats Genuit Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FORT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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FORT vs. The Competition

MetricForterraBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£404.60M£7.86B£3.28B£3.01B
Dividend Yield1.85%2.45%5.14%5.02%
P/E Ratio51.3619.82103.34160.66
Price / Sales1.27198.1631,218,733,196,560,400.00293,821.64
Price / Cash12.308.0623.9227.97
Price / Book1.901.216.054.64
Net Income£7.82M£545.26M£147.89M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.03%1.99%2.17%7.26%
1 Month Performance1.65%1.76%6.05%12.68%
1 Year Performance9.57%15.74%25.74%62.03%

Forterra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORT
Forterra
2.0447 of 5 stars
GBX 197
-0.1%
GBX 236.67
+20.1%
+9.7%£404.60M£317.99M51.361,787
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Gap Up
BREE
Breedon Group
3.7756 of 5 stars
GBX 382.03
+1.3%
GBX 578.33
+51.4%
-6.7%£1.32B£1.52B13.683,900Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
0.7298 of 5 stars
GBX 109.80
+4.2%
GBX 95
-13.5%
+71.4%£1.24B£77.21B-5.532,000
MSLH
Marshalls
3.4929 of 5 stars
GBX 261
+0.8%
GBX 395
+51.3%
N/A£656.55M£620.80M30.482,726
IBST
Ibstock
3.1323 of 5 stars
GBX 149.60
+3.5%
GBX 220
+47.1%
-20.8%£589.44M£362.57M80.991,943High Trading Volume
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
3.7889 of 5 stars
GBX 106.21
+0.2%
GBX 166.67
+56.9%
+11.2%£97.68M£70.21M12.08346
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 16.18
+1.1%
N/A+6.7%£44.35M£99.20M45.75799Gap Down
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AGBX 3.45
-10.4%
N/AN/A£3.46M£220.63K-1.0224
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 6,967.06
+0.6%
N/A+14.5%£59.44B£44.94B15.9177,400
TKO
Taseko Mines
0.6321 of 5 stars
GBX 233
-2.5%
GBX 282.50
+21.2%
+37.9%£1.26B£1.18B15.10N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:FORT) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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