IBST vs. BREE, PLP, SRC, MSLH, FORT, MBH, STCM, ECOB, CRH, and JMAT
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 Johnson Matthey (JMAT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ibstock vs. Its Competitors
Breedon Group (LON:BREE) and Ibstock (LON:IBST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Breedon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ibstock pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ibstock has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Ibstock had 22 more articles in the media than Breedon Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ibstock and 1 mentions for Breedon Group. Ibstock's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Breedon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ibstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Breedon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 578.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.55%. Ibstock has a consensus target price of GBX 197.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.31%. Given Breedon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Breedon Group is more favorable than Ibstock.
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.
62.3% of Breedon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Ibstock shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Breedon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ibstock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Breedon Group beats Ibstock on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:IBST) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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