FORT vs. BREE, PLP, MSLH, SRC, IBST, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and CEY
Should you be buying Forterra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forterra include Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), Marshalls (MSLH), SigmaRoc (SRC), Ibstock (IBST), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eco Buildings Group (ECOB), CRH (CRH), and Centamin (CEY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Forterra (LON:FORT) and Breedon Group (LON:BREE) 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 community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
71.6% of Forterra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Breedon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Forterra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Breedon Group shares are held by company 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.
Breedon Group has a net margin of 7.09% compared to Forterra's net margin of 3.69%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 9.80% beat Forterra's return on equity.
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.
Forterra has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Breedon Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Breedon Group had 5 more articles in the media than Forterra. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Breedon Group and 2 mentions for Forterra. Breedon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Forterra's score of -0.16 indicating that Breedon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Forterra pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Forterra pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breedon Group pays out 4,516.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Breedon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Forterra currently has a consensus target price of GBX 180.87, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Breedon Group has a consensus target price of GBX 460, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than Forterra.
Breedon Group received 82 more outperform votes than Forterra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.50% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 74.62% of users gave Forterra an outperform vote.
Summary
Breedon Group beats Forterra on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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