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Ibstock (IBST) Competitors

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GBX 185.60 +5.60 (+3.11%)
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IBST vs. BREE, PLP, SRC, MSLH, FORT, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and HOC

Should you be buying Ibstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ibstock include Breedon Group (BREE), Genuit Group (PLP), SigmaRoc (SRC), Marshalls (MSLH), Forterra (FORT), 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.

Ibstock vs.

Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and Ibstock (LON:IBST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

62.3% of Breedon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Ibstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ibstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Breedon Group has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Ibstock's net margin of 2.01%. Breedon Group's return on equity of 8.58% beat Ibstock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Breedon Group6.34% 8.58% 4.82%
Ibstock 2.01%1.83%3.33%

Breedon Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ibstock has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ibstock received 2 more outperform votes than Breedon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.64% of users gave Breedon Group an outperform vote while only 76.74% of users gave Ibstock an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Breedon GroupOutperform Votes
427
81.64%
Underperform Votes
96
18.36%
IbstockOutperform Votes
429
76.74%
Underperform Votes
130
23.26%

Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ibstock pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Breedon Group pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ibstock pays out 270.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Breedon Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 578.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.31%. Ibstock has a consensus price target of GBX 197.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than Ibstock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Breedon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ibstock
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Breedon Group£1.52B0.98£96.41M£27.9315.42
Ibstock£362.57M1.95£7.28M£1.8597.15

In the previous week, Ibstock had 2 more articles in the media than Breedon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ibstock and 2 mentions for Breedon Group. Breedon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Ibstock's score of 0.29 indicating that Breedon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Breedon Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ibstock
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Breedon Group beats Ibstock on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IBST vs. The Competition

MetricIbstockBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£707.02M£7.47B£3.03B£2.56B
Dividend Yield2.99%2.45%5.18%4.84%
P/E Ratio97.1519.7674.67132.42
Price / Sales1.95249.2825,549,533,275,675,700.00240,284.87
Price / Cash9.868.0624.3228.16
Price / Book1.791.245.214.55
Net Income£7.28M£545.26M£155.11M£5.85B
7 Day Performance2.07%2.32%0.11%2.57%
1 Month Performance5.31%4.12%2.32%8.70%
1 Year Performance21.74%10.48%17.57%113.17%

Ibstock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IBST
Ibstock
0.9728 of 5 stars
GBX 185.60
+3.1%
GBX 197.50
+6.4%
+21.1%£731.29M£362.57M100.481,943News Coverage
BREE
Breedon Group
3.745 of 5 stars
GBX 444.40
-1.0%
GBX 578.33
+30.1%
+19.0%£1.53B£1.52B15.913,900News Coverage
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Positive News
Gap Up
SRC
SigmaRoc
0.7532 of 5 stars
GBX 85.20
-2.1%
GBX 95
+11.5%
+37.9%£960.22M£77.21B-4.292,000News Coverage
MSLH
Marshalls
2.6717 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 395
+∞
+4.5%£656.55M£620.80M30.482,726
FORT
Forterra
2.3934 of 5 stars
GBX 175
-1.2%
GBX 218.15
+24.7%
+13.2%£359.42M£317.99M45.621,787
MBH
Michelmersh Brick
3.5851 of 5 stars
GBX 101.25
+0.2%
GBX 166.67
+64.6%
+5.0%£93.12M£70.21M11.52346News Coverage
STCM
Steppe Cement
N/AGBX 17.50
+2.9%
N/A-3.3%£47.97M£99.20M49.48799High Trading Volume
ECOB
Eco Buildings Group
N/AN/AN/A-55.4%£4.24M£220,626.89-1.2524Gap Down
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 6,366.88
-2.6%
N/A+12.8%£54.32B£44.94B14.5477,400
HOC
Hochschild Mining
2.1218 of 5 stars
GBX 315.66
-1.6%
GBX 290
-8.1%
+81.1%£2.05B£1.01B67.333,029Gap Up

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